Before Daybreak: "After the Race" and the Origins of Joyce's Art

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Frontispiece: “Sandycove at Dawn with Joyce Tower.” Photograph by Patrick Naughton, June 15, 2010. Copyright 2013 by Cóilín Owens All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America. This book is printed on Glatfelter Natures Book, a paper certified under the standards of the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). It is a recycled stock that contains 30 percent post-consumer waste and is acid-free. 18 17 16 15 14 13 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Owens, Cóilín. Before daybreak : “After the Race” and the origins of Joyce’s art / Coilin Owens ; foreword by Sebastian D. G. Knowles. p. cm. — (The Florida James Joyce series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8130-4247-3 (alk. paper) 1. Joyce, James, 1882–1941—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Joyce, James, 1882–1941. Dubliners. I. Knowles, Sebastian D. G. (Sebastian David Guy) II. Title. III. Title: After the race. IV. Series: Florida James Joyce series. PR6019.O9Z7474 2012 823’.912—dc23 2012031975 The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprising Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://www.upf.com I ndíl-chuimhne ar m’athair, Séamus Mac Eoghain (1913–1981): “In iothlainn Dé go dtugtar sinn.” [T]he modern mind . . . is interested above all in subtleties, equivocations and the subterranean complexities which dominate the average man and compose his life. —to Arthur Power, Conversations with James Joyce ...