Weaver did not obviously leave her signature on Joyce’s oeuvre but it is clear that, without her generosity, both Ulysses and Finnegans Wake might never have been completed.
Dr Clare Hutton (Loughborough University)
Read the fifth article in a series devoted to objects that tell the story of women who supported James Joyce and the publication of his landmark novel, Ulysses. In this week’s instalment, Clare Hutton (Loughborough University) explores Harriet Shaw Weaver’s role as patron of Joyce’s literary endeavours.