James Joyce and Genetic Criticism presents contemporary scholarship in genetic criticism and Joyce studies. In considering how evolutionary themes enhance the definition of the genetic method in interpreting texts, this volume presents a variety of manuscript-based analyses that engage how textual meaning, through addition and omission, grows. In doing so, this volume covers a wide-range of topics concerning Joycean genetics, some of which include Joyce’s editorial practice, the forthcoming revised edition of
Finnegans Wake, the genetic relationship between
Giacomo Joyce and
Ulysses, the method and approach required for creating an online archive of
Finnegans Wake, and the extensive genesis of “Penelope”.
Contributors are: Shinjini Chattopadhyay, Tim Conley, Luca Crispi, Robbert-Jan Henkes, Sangam MacDuff, Genevieve Sartor, Fritz Senn, Sam Slote, Dirk Van Hulle.
Genevieve Sartor is a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin. She has recent or forthcoming publications in the
University of Toronto Quarterly, the
Journal of Modern Literature,
Deleuze Studies and
The Irish Times.
List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction: James Joyce and Genetic Criticism: Genesic Fields Genevieve Sartor
1
Revision Revisited Tim Conley
2
The at Wickerworks and the Case for Mute Authorisation Robbert-Jan Henkes
3
Editing the Wake’s Genesis: Digital Genetic Criticism Dirk Van Hulle
4
Correcting Joyce: Trial and Error in the Composition of Ulysses Sam Slote
5
What Genetics Can Do: Linking II.2 and
iv
of Finnegans Wake Genevieve Sartor
6
Giacomonic Oxen: Avant-texte or Intertext? Shinjini Chattopadhyay
7
The Genesis of “Penelope” in Manuscript Luca Crispi
8
Joyce’s Revelation: “The Apocalypse of Saint John” at Cornell Sangam MacDuff
9
Opsigenetic Touches in Ulysses: Ithacan Correlatives Fritz Senn
Index
All interested in genetic criticism, the evolution of James Joyce’s literature during its compositional development, and how such analysis can provide new ways for interpreting his texts.