Finn's Hotel

Deluxe edition

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] Critics maintain that the stories are early drafts of the novel that were not intended for publication and that should not have been published as a separate collection.

Publication

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]

Title Language Publisher Publish Date ISBN
Finn's HotelEnglishIthys PressJune 2013?
Finn's HotelSpanishEditorial Losada2013[7]9789500399739
Finn's HotelItalianGallucci2013[8]9788861456525
Το Κονάκι του ΦινGreekPsichogios Publications2014[9]9786180103366
Finn's HotelPortugueseCompanhia das Letras2014[10]9788535924558
Finn's HotelGermanSuhrkamp Verlag2014[11]9789536751846
Hotel FinnaPolishWydawnictwo WAB20149788328009271

References

  1. 1 2 James Joyce's 'last undiscovered' collection to be published | Books | theguardian.com
  2. 1 2 "Finn's Hotel by James Joyce", Ithys Press
  3. ↑ A Lost Work by Joyce Fuels Scholarly Debate
  4. ↑ Ithys Press to Release 10 Lost James Joyce Works as Finn's Hotel :: Books :: News :: Paste
  5. ↑ Literature Nerds Freaking Out About ‘Lost’ James Joyce Collection | BlackBook
  6. ↑ O'Sullivan, James. "Using stylometry to weigh in on the Finn's Hotel debate". josullivan.org.
  7. ↑ Editorial Losada
  8. ↑ "Finn's Hotel – Gallucci editore". Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "ΤΟ ΚΟΝΑΚΙ ΤΟΥ ΦΙΝ – ΤΖΕΪΜΣ ΤΖΟΪΣ – Εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός". Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  10. ↑ FINN'S HOTEL – James Joyce – Companhia das Letras
  11. ↑ Finn's Hotel von James Joyce – Suhrkamp Insel Bücher Buchdetail
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