Finn's Hotel is a posthumously published collection of ten short narrative pieces written by Irish author James Joyce.James Joyce's 'last undiscovered' collection to be published | Books | theguardian.com 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."Finn's Hotel by James Joyce", Ithys Press 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. 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.A Lost Work by Joyce Fuels Scholarly DebateIthys Press to Release 10 Lost James Joyce Works as Finn's Hotel :: Books :: News :: PasteLiterature Nerds Freaking Out About ‘Lost’ James Joyce Collection | BlackBook
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."
Print editions Title Language PublisherPublish DateISBN Finn's Hotel English Ithys Press June 2013 ? Finn's Hotel Spanish Editorial Losada 2013Editorial Losada 9789500399739 Finn's Hotel Italian Gallucci 2013 9788861456525 Το Κονάκι του Φιν Greek Psichogios Publications 2014 9786180103366 Finn's Hotel Portuguese Companhia das Letras 2014FINN'S HOTEL – James Joyce – Companhia das Letras 9788535924558 Finn's Hotel German Suhrkamp Verlag 2014Finn's Hotel von James Joyce – Suhrkamp Insel Bücher Buchdetail 9789536751846 Hotel Finna Polish Wydawnictwo WAB 20149788328009271
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