James Joyce and London

What is it about?

It examines the relationship between James Joyce’s writings, their publication history, and London, arguing that they are related owing to the scale of Joyce’s aspirations, and the significance of the metropolis as the centre of the British Empire.

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Why is it important?

This study is the first sustained account of James Joyce's engagement with London. It examines both London’s cultural and political interconnections with Dublin, and how the city is represented in Joyce’s work. The book uses largely ignored material, including newspaper and magazine articles, anthology contributions, radio broadcasts, sound recordings, and other writings, published and unpublished, to assesses the promotion of Joyce’s work in London’s literary marketplace. London emerges not just as a setting for his writings but as a key cultural and publishing vector for the composition and dissemination of his work.

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