Finn's Hotel
Finn's Hotel is a posthumously-published collection of ten short narrative pieces written by Irish author James Joyce.[1] Written in 1923, the works were not published until 2013 by Ithys Press, who claimed the work to be a precursor to Joyce's Finnegans Wake.[2]
Publication
[edit]Ithys Press published their fine arts edition of Finn's Hotel in June 2013.[2] The edition was arranged with a preface by Danis Rose, an introduction by Seamus Deane, featuring eleven illustrations by Casey Sorrow, and design and letterpress printed by Michael Caine.
The publication attracted controversy as some Joyce scholars labeled the works as drafts, not meant for publication.[1][3][4][5]
In the spring of 2014, James O'Sullivan wrote an article for Genetic Joyce Studies, "Finn’s Hotel and the Joycean Canon", which uses computational stylistics to analyze the text of Finn's Hotel to determine whether the text is merely early drafts or should be part of Joyce's canon. O'Sullivan concluded that "the fragments within Finn’s Hotel are most likely drafts for what became Finnegans Wake" and that statistically "the criticisms of Ithys Press are seemingly upheld."[6]
Print editions
[edit]| Title | Language | Publisher | Publish Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finn's Hotel | English | Ithys Press | June 2013 | ? |
| Finn's Hotel | Spanish | Editorial Losada | 2013[7] | 9789500399739 |
| Finn's Hotel | Italian | Gallucci | 2013[8] | 9788861456525 |
| Το Κονάκι του Φιν | Greek | Psichogios Publications | 2014[9] | 9786180103366 |
| Finn's Hotel | Portuguese | Companhia das Letras | 2014[10] | 9788535924558 |
| Finn's Hotel | German | Suhrkamp Verlag | 2014[11] | 9789536751846 |
| Hotel Finna | Polish | Wydawnictwo WAB | 2014 | 9788328009271 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b James Joyce's 'last undiscovered' collection to be published | Books | theguardian.com
- ^ a b "Finn's Hotel by James Joyce", Ithys Press
- ^ A Lost Work by Joyce Fuels Scholarly Debate
- ^ Ithys Press to Release 10 Lost James Joyce Works as Finn's Hotel :: Books :: News :: Paste
- ^ Literature Nerds Freaking Out About ‘Lost’ James Joyce Collection | BlackBook
- ^ O'Sullivan, James. "Using stylometry to weigh in on the Finn's Hotel debate". josullivan.org/.
- ^ Editorial Losada
- ^ Finn's Hotel – Gallucci editore
- ^ "ΤΟ ΚΟΝΑΚΙ ΤΟΥ ΦΙΝ – ΤΖΕΪΜΣ ΤΖΟΪΣ – Εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός". Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ FINN'S HOTEL – James Joyce – Companhia das Letras
- ^ Finn's Hotel von James Joyce – Suhrkamp Insel Bücher Buchdetail