Joyce Archive at Reading

Mark Nixon is Professor of Modern Literature and Beckett Studies, and Director of the Beckett International Foundation, at the University of Reading, UK.Steven Matthews is Emeritus Professor of Modernist Studies and Co-Director of the Samuel Beckett Research Centre at the University of Reading, UKXander Ryan is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Reading, UK, and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

An indispensable resource for exploring this important new archive in Joyce Studies. This meticulously curated catalogue and the accompanying sharp and thoughtful critical essays shows the value and usefulness of these recovered documents, making the volume essential reading for both established scholars and a new generation of Joyceans. Beyond Joyce Studies, researchers across Modernist Studies and Irish Studies will find the contents inspiring. The story of the bequest is compelling in itself!

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgements List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsForeword: A History of the Bequest Guy Baxter (University of Reading, UK)IntroductionSteven Matthews (University of Reading, UK) and Xander Ryan (University of Reading, UK)Part 1: Catalogue1. Catalogue Hierarchy and OverviewJackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK) and Xander Ryan (University of Reading, UK)2. Correspondence to James Joyce, from correspondents ‘A’ to ‘H’ (SSJ A/1/1-22)Xander Ryan (University of Reading, UK) and Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK)3. Correspondence to James Joyce, from correspondents ‘J’ to ‘V’ (SSJ A/1/23-50)Xander Ryan (University of Reading, UK) and Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK)4. Correspondence to James Joyce from Harriet Shaw Weaver (SSJ A/1/51)Xander Ryan (University of Reading, UK) and Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK) 5. Correspondence to James Joyce, from correspondents with two or fewer items (SSJ A/1/52-73)Xander Ryan (University of Reading, UK) and Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK) 6. Correspondence from James and Nora Joyce (SSJ A/2/1-3)Xander Ryan (University of Reading, UK) and Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK)7. Correspondence of family members and close associates (SSJ A/3-12)Xander Ryan (University of Reading, UK) and Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK)8. Manuscripts and draft publications (SSJ B)Xander Ryan (University of Reading, UK) and Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK)9. Press cuttings; Audio-visual (SSJ C and D)Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK) and Emma Hunt (University of Reading, UK)10. Personal documents; Legal files relating to James Joyce and Sylvia Beach (SSJ E and F)Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK)11. James Joyce ephemera and sundry papers; Solange and Stephen Joyce ephemera and sundry papers (SSJ G and H)Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK)12. Works by other authors; Objects (SSJ J and SSJ-OBJ)Jackie Bishop (University of Reading, UK)13. ArtworkHannah Lyons (University of Reading, UK) and Clare Plascow (University of Reading, UK)14. LibraryFiona Melhuish (University of Reading, UK) and Claudia Ricci (University of Reading, UK)15. Bibliography for Catalogue ChaptersPart 2: Essays16. Joyce’s 1919 Dream Notebook and other ‘incoherent atoms’: From Clippings to Correspondence in Modernist Archival StudiesDirk Van Hulle (University of Oxford, UK)17. The Keys to Dreamland Scarlett Baron (University College London, UK)18. Letters in the Solange and Stephen James Joyce Collection: Joyce’s Correspondence with Family and FriendsJohn McCourt (University of Macerata, Italy)Index