A. Nicholas Fargnoli correspondence with Stephen James Joyce

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The A. Nicholas Fargnoli correspondence with Stephen James Joyce documents Fargnoli’s professional exchanges with Stephen James Joyce, the grandson of James Joyce and executor of the Joyce estate, regarding permissions for reprints and reproduction of James Joyce’s works and related materials, spanning from 1992 to 2014. The correspondence consists primarily of letters, photocopies of faxes, and postcards. Materials illustrate Professor A. Nicholas Fargnoli's requests for permission to Stephen James Joyce to use passages from Joyce's publications, Joyce’s writings, such as The Plan of Ulysses, Exiles, and The Dead, in the published book "James Joyce A to Z: The Essential Reference to the Life and Work" (NY: Facts on File, 1995). Additional material includes exchanges with scholar Matthew Bruccoli, in connection with the Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Dates

1994

Creator

Fargnoli, A. Nicholas (Person)

Biographical / Historical

A. Nicholas Fargnoli is a Joycean scholar and academic, Professor of English and Dean Emeritus of Humanities at Molloy University in Rockville Centre, New York. He has published works on James Joyce, William Faulkner, and ethics. Fargnoli has held leadership roles in Joyce scholarship communities, including serving as President of the James Joyce Society. He is also the founder of the Finnegans Wake Society of New York.