Up to Maughty London: Joyce's Cultural Capital in the Imperial Metropolis

Author:   Eleni Loukopoulou
Publisher:   University Press of Florida
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Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 February 2017
Format:   Hardback
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While there has been extensive research on the effect of Dublin and other European urban centers such as Trieste and Paris on James Joyce and his works, few Joyceans have explored the impact of London on the trajectory of his literary career. In Up to Maughty London, Eleni Loukopoulou offers the first sustained account of Joyce's engagement with the imperial metropolis. She considers both London's status as a matrix for political and cultural formations, and how the city is imaginatively represented in Joyce's work. Examining newly discovered or largely neglected material - newspaper and magazine articles, anthology contributions, radio broadcasts, and sound recordings - Loukopoulou also 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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Author:   Eleni Loukopoulou
Publisher:   University Press of Florida
Imprint:   University Press of Florida
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780813062242


ISBN 10:   0813062241
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 February 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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The new record Loukopoulou establishes of London in the literary production, marketing and consumption of Joyce's work will certainly be both a basis and an exemplum for new contextual studies. Up to Maughty London adds a new and exciting conceptual hub in what had been seen as a primarily Dublin-Paris axis. --â Irish Studies Review


Shows that combining publishing history and modernist studies can bring new light to canonical authors such as Joyce. Through meticulous attention to the promotional campaigns orchestrated by London publishers, Loukopoulou demonstrates the centrality of the publishing industry in Joyce's success. We need to know more about the strategies that Faber and Faber and other publishers used to create new audiences for modernist writers, beyond tiny coteries. Loukopoulou's book is a welcome step in that direction and will be of interest to anyone who wants to know how Joyce became a 'London author.' --James Joyce Quarterly The new record Loukopoulou establishes of London in the literary production, marketing and consumption of Joyce's work will certainly be both a basis and an exemplum for new contextual studies. Up to Maughty London adds a new and exciting conceptual hub in what had been seen as a primarily Dublin-Paris axis. -- Irish Studies Review Seeks to elevate London to its rightful place as a Joycean city, fit to stand alongside Paris, Trieste and Zurich, if not quite Dublin. . . . Further studies of the many different Londons at work in Joyce's writings will no doubt follow and all will be indebted to the meticulous groundwork laid down by this finely-researched work. --James Joyce Broadsheet Loukopoulou persuasively succeeds in demonstrating the presence and importance of a London Joyce and the need to recognize the city's key role in crafting and canonizing his work....An important reconceptualization of Joyce's emergence in the literary marketplace of his time and beyond, and a must read for anyone interested in the creation, publication, and promotion of his works. --James Joyce Literary Supplement


The new record Loukopoulou establishes of London in the literary production, marketing and consumption of Joyce's work will certainly be both a basis and an exemplum for new contextual studies. Up to Maughty London adds a new and exciting conceptual hub in what had been seen as a primarily Dublin-Paris axis. -- Irish Studies Review


"""Shows that combining publishing history and modernist studies can bring new light to canonical authors such as Joyce. Through meticulous attention to the promotional campaigns orchestrated by London publishers, Loukopoulou demonstrates the centrality of the publishing industry in Joyce's success. We need to know more about the strategies that Faber and Faber and other publishers used to create new audiences for modernist writers, beyond tiny coteries. Loukopoulou's book is a welcome step in that direction and will be of interest to anyone who wants to know how Joyce became a 'London author.'""--James Joyce Quarterly ""The new record Loukopoulou establishes of London in the literary production, marketing and consumption of Joyce's work will certainly be both a basis and an exemplum for new contextual studies. Up to Maughty London adds a new and exciting conceptual hub in what had been seen as a primarily Dublin-Paris axis.""--​Irish Studies Review ""Seeks to elevate London to its rightful place as a Joycean city, fit to stand alongside Paris, Trieste and Zurich, if not quite Dublin. . . . Further studies of the many different Londons at work in Joyce's writings will no doubt follow and all will be indebted to the meticulous groundwork laid down by this finely-researched work.""--James Joyce Broadsheet ""Loukopoulou persuasively succeeds in demonstrating the presence and importance of a London Joyce and the need to recognize the city's key role in crafting and canonizing his work....An important reconceptualization of Joyce's emergence in the literary marketplace of his time and beyond, and a must read for anyone interested in the creation, publication, and promotion of his works.""--James Joyce Literary Supplement"


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Eleni Loukopoulou is an independent scholar living in London, United Kingdom.

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