Abstract:This essay explores previous editorial approaches to the text of Dubliners by James Joyce, and ultimately recommends significant changes to future editions. Working from a thorough reexamination of the publication history of Dubliners, the essay assesses previous editorial approaches to the special problems posed by this history and proposes changes to the text that build from and hold implications for editorial theory more broadly. These changes intervene specifically in the complicated relationship between authorial orientation and commercialism in editorial theory. It is argued that Joyce’s essay “A Curious History” should be positioned as a legitimate preface to future editions of Dubliners owing to Joyce’s authorial intentions for the piece, which include a combination of commercial prospects and aesthetic design. Overall the essay advocates reading external influences on the text as major factors in assessing the products of Joyce’s mixed authorial intentions for the piece. It proposes that the publicity functions of “A Curious History” contribute thematically to the overall collection to the extent that the essay should be considered as another integral story of Dubliners, as opposed to a separable para-text, and that “A Curious History” should, as a result, be included as a preface to the collection as a whole.

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都柏林人的作者、广告和编辑方法

摘要：本文探讨了詹姆斯·乔伊斯 (James Joyce) 之前对《都柏林人》(Dubliners) 文本的编辑方法，并最终建议对未来版本进行重大修改。本文通过对《都柏林人》的出版历史进行彻底的重新审视，评估了以前针对这段历史所带来的特殊问题的编辑方法，并提出了对文本的修改，这些修改源于更广泛的编辑理论并对其产生影响。这些变化特别干预了编辑理论中作者取向和商业主义之间的复杂关系。有人认为，乔伊斯的文章“好奇的历史”应该被定位为未来版本的都柏林人的合法序言，因为乔伊斯对这件作品的作者意图包括商业前景和美学设计的结合。总的来说，这篇文章主张将阅读对文本的外部影响作为评估乔伊斯对作品的混合作者意图的产物的主要因素。它建议“好奇的历史”的宣传功能对整个收藏有主题贡献，以至于这篇文章应该被视为都柏林人的另一个完整故事，而不是可分离的副文本，并且“好奇的历史”因此，应该作为整个集合的序言包含在内。