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The young Joyce is supposed to have written a lost play dedicated "To My own Soul." (The introverted Ibsenism of 'Exiles' bears this dedication out.) On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 10:28:12 -0400 Joel Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > So a dedication to someone deceased might also be a declaration that one >needs no patronage and has no financial need attached to the book in >question -- a kind of stepping above the (soon-to-be) Grub Street fray? > > Joel B Davis > Assistant Professor > Department of English > Stetson University > 421 N Woodland Blvd #8300 > DeLand FL 32721 > 386.822.7724 > > On Sep 7, 2006, at 4:57 PM, andrew zurcher wrote: > >> Something I meant to mention earlier, but forgot, alas: >> Virgils Gnat. Long since dedicated To the most noble and excellent >> Lord, the Earle of Leicester, late deceased. [1590] >> >> Michael: Probably so (overstated), but an author ca 1590-1600 (at >> least) stood to gain more than payment from a successful dedication: >> further employment, political intervention, a place to go when the >> plague hit, and so on; and publishers stood to gain sales. In his >> account of the calling in of Mother Hubberds Tale in 1591, Tresham >> makes a note of the dedication of the work, which seems to him to >> increase its notoriety and must-have value. >> >> az >> >> >> Andrew Zurcher >> Tutor and Director of Studies in English >> Queens' College >> Cambridge CB3 9ET >> United Kingdom >> +44 1223 335 572 >> >> hast hast post hast for lyfe >> >>> general, I have agreed with others who have suggested that the >>> payment function of the epistle dedicatory, though continuously >>> present through the 17th century, has been overstated in scholarship, >>> with respect to its occurence and importance to authors and printers. >>> However, I can't think of >> [log in to unmask] James Nohrnberg Dept. of English, Bryan Hall 219 Univ. of Virginia P.O Box 400121 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4121