Lucia Joyce To Dance in the Wake

by Shloss, Carol Loeb

• ISBN13: 9780312422691
• ISBN10: 0312422695
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Picador

Summary

In this ground breaking work Carol Shloss shows the extraordinary influence that James Joyce's daughter Lucia exercised on her father's emotions and work. "This is a story that was not supposed to be told," writes Shloss who transforms Lucia from the "mad daughter," and a footnote in her father's life, to a creative kindred spirit. "Shloss's patient research expands what could have been a footnote in literary history into a tragedy of wasted promise. Shloss gives us a James Joyce we have never seen before."--"Time "[Carol Loeb Shloss] argues that not only was Lucia an extraordinary artist in her own right, she was also central to the creation of Finnegans Wake....Joyce scholars say that Ms. Shloss's work is important because Lucia was pivotal to Joyce's work."--"The New York Times "A sharply perceptive and disturbing meditation on the terrible price that great art often levies not only on the artist but on those closest to him....Lucia Joyce's story, which Shloss tells so movingly, not only wrings the heart but stirs one's anger."--John Banville, "The New York Review of Books "The most impressive feature of her book is the delicacy with which it handles the complex ambiguities of the Joyce-Lucia relationship....Shloss argues persuasively that the conclusion of Finnegan's Wake pays homage to Lucia, as Joyce poignantly seeks to make amends to his beloved daughter and convince her that all may still be well."--Terry Eagleton," London Review of Books Carol Loeb Shloss is an Acting Professor at Stanford University. She has written extensively on Joyce and other modernists. She divides her time between Stanford, California and the coast of Maine.

Author Biography

Carol Loeb Shloss is an Acting Professor at Stanford University. She has written extensively on Joyce and other modernists. She divides her time between Stanford, California and the coast of Maine.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: What Happened to Lucia Joyce?	3	(34)
PART ONE: THE DANCE OF LIFE
1. The Curtain Opens: Trieste 1907-15	37	(26)
2. The Theater of War: Zurich 1915-19	63	(16)
3. Moving into Adolescence: Paris 1920-24	79	(20)
4. The Art of Dancing: Paris 1924-28	99	(24)
5. Leaping with the Rainbow Girls: Nice 1928	123	(18)
6. Choosing Partners: Paris and Salzburg 1928	141	(22)
7. Stumbling and Recovery: Paris 1928-31	163	(22)
8. Stepping Out: Paris 1931-32	185	(30)
PART TWO: THE DANCE OF DEATH
9. Lashing Out: Paris and Feldkirch 1932	215	(44)
10. Playing with Fire: Zurich and Geneva 1933-35	259	(42)
11. Locking Up Dancers: London 1935	301	(24)
12. Acting on Her Father's Behalf: Dublin and Bray 1935	325	(30)
13. Falling Apart: England and Paris 1935-38	355	(34)
14. Facing Danger: Occupied France 1939-45	389	(24)
15. Killing Time: Northampton 1951-82	413	(10)
PART THREE: THE RESURRECTION DANCE
16. A Father's Scrutiny, Love, and Atonement: The Land of Imagination	423	(32)
EPILOGUE: A Daughter's Legacy	455	(10)
Acknowledgments	465	(4)
Notes	469	(54)
Bibliography	523	(24)
Index	547