Ulysses Draft Analysis
2017 edition U pages 674-712
1922 edition U pages 690-732
Early Drafts
- u18.0 (eo-text)
- First draft: missing. On 7 August 1921 Joyce wrote that he had
“written out the first sentence of Penelope”, meaning presumably the first two sentences
as these are not yet separated in the following draft (see fols. 1-5 of NLI.14).
- MS:, missing
- NLI MS 36,639/14 (NLI.14):
- School exercise book (French) with a pinkish cover. [50] leaves, 22.3 x 17.4 cm. Text on rectos, additions on facing versos; last 31 leaves blank. “PENELOPE” handwritten on front cover.
- u18.1 (proto-text)
- First extant draft, a heavily revised fair copy; this draft covers the entire episode: Paris,
August 1921.
- MS:NLI 14, fols. fcv-1, 1v-2, 2v-3, 3v-4, 4v-5, 5v-6, 6v-7, 7v-8, 8v-9, 9v-10, 11, 12, 13, 13v-14, 14v-15, 15v-16, 17, 17v-18, 19
- Published edition: The Dublin Ulysses papers, vol. 2, ed. Danis Rose (East Lansing: House of Breathings, 2012), pages 184-198.
- Notebooks used: Sheets 18 (Penelope), UN4 (NLI.5A), UN5 (NLI.5B), UN6 (NLI.4), UN7 (V.A.2)
- u18.2 (proto-text)
- Second fair copy, missing, conjectured to exist by comparing u18.1 and
u18.3
- MS: missing.
Fair Copy
- u18.3
- Final fair copy (ink); worked on concurrently
with the piecemeal preparation of the typescript (u18.4);
the first seven “sentences” are written into a notebook, while the final
“sentence” is copied out on five large sheets; Paris, completed mid-September 1921
- MS:Rosenbach Museum, fols. numbered (0)v-1, 1v-2, 2v-3, 3v-4, 4v-5, 5v-6, 6v-7, 7v-8, 8v-9, 9v-10, 10v-11, 11v-12, 12v-13, 13v-14, 14v-15, 15v-16, 16v-17, 17v-18, 18v-19, 19v-20, 21v-22, 22v-23, 23v-24, 24v-25, 26, / MS Buffalo V.A.22, fols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Reproduced: A Facsimile of the Manuscript (Faber, 1975): vol. II; JJA 16: 293-297
- Notebooks used: Sheets 18 (Penelope), UN4 (NLI.5A), UN5 (NLI.5B), UN6 (NLI.4), UN7 (V.A.2)
Typescript
- u18.4 (Gabler—B) (See also u18.4')
- Typescript, made in 5 instalments, individually numbered by the typist but numbered as
a single sequence by Joyce, and prepared (in part by Robert McAlmon) as Joyce completed the revision
of the final fair copy; sent to the printers 24-26 September 1921 (Selected Letters
24 September 1921);
most of the printer's copy is now housed at the Huntington Library while the rest
is at Buffalo; Paris, September 1921.
- MS:Huntington HM 41122 pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Buffalo V.B.16b 13, HM 41122 14, V.B.16b 15, 16, HM 41122 17, 18, V.B.16b 19, 20, HM 41122 21, V.B.16b 22, HM 41122 23, 24, 25, 26, V.B.16b 27; V.B.16c 1 (28), 2 (29), 3 (30), 4 (31), 5 (32), 6 (33); 1 (34), 2 (35), 3 (36), 4 (37), 5 (38), 6 (39), 7 (40), 8 (41); 1 (42), 2 (43); 1 (44), 2 (45), 3 (46), 3bis (47), 4 (47bis), 5 (48), 6 (49)
- Reproduced: JJA 16: 299-320, 322-349
- Notebooks used: Sheets 18 (Penelope), UN4 (NLI.5A), UN5 (NLI.5B), UN6 (NLI.4), UN7 (V.A.2)
- u18.4' (Gabler—B)
- Typescript, duplicate of page 22, with one additional revision.
- MS:Buffalo V.B.16a 22
- Reproduced: JJA 16: 321
Placards and Proofs
- u18.5 (Gabler—1)
- First placards; (PL A-1), (PL B-1) dated by the printer
17 October, 18 October 1921
- MS Harvard: placards A-1, B-1, C-1, D-1, E-1
- Reproduced: JJA 21: 147-154, 207-214, 257-264, 299-306, 365-366
- Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A), UN6 (NLI.4), UN7 (V.A.2), Sheets 18 (Penelope)
- u18.5' (Gabler—1)
- First placards, duplicates of (PL A-1), (PL D-1)
- MS Harvard: placards A-1, D-1
- Reproduced: JJA 21: 155-162, 307-314
- u18.5'' (Gabler—1)
- First placards, duplicate of (PL D-1)
- MS Harvard: placards D-1
- Reproduced: JJA 21: 315-322
- u18.6 (Gabler—2)
- Second placards; placards (A-2), (B-2), (D-2), (E-2) dated by the printer
2 November, 3 November, 5 November, 7 November 1921.
- MS Harvard: placards A-2, B-2, C-2, D-2, E-2
- Reproduced: JJA 21: 163-170, 215-222, 265-272, 323-330, 367-368
- Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A), UN6 (NLI.4), UN7 (V.A.2), Sheets 18 (Penelope)
- u18.6' (Gabler—2)
- Second placards; duplicates of placards (A-2), (B-2), (D-2)
- MS Harvard: placards A-2, B-2, D-2
- Reproduced: JJA 21: 171-178, 223-230, 331-338
- u18.7 (Gabler—3) (See also u18.7')
- Third placards; placards (A-3), (B-3), (C-3), (D-3), (E-3) dated by the printer
15 November, 16 November, 17 November, —, 18 November 1921.
- MS Harvard: placards A-3, B-3, C-3, D-3, E-3
- Reproduced: JJA 21: 179-186, 231-238, 273-280, 339-346, 369-370
- Notebooks used: UN6 (NLI.4), UN7 (V.A.2), Sheets 18 (Penelope)
- u18.7' (Gabler—3)
- Third placards; duplicates of placards (A-3), (B-3), (C-3), (E-3) dated by the printer
15 November, 16 November, 17 November, —, 18 November 1921.
- MS Harvard: placards A-3, B-3, C-3, D-3, E-3
- Reproduced: JJA 21: 187-194, 239-246, 281-288, 347-354, 371-372
- Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A), UN6 (NLI.4), UN7 (V.A.2)
- u18.8 (Gabler—4)
- Fourth placards; placards (A-4), (B-4), (C-4) dated by the printer 24 November,
25 November, 25 November 1921.
- MS Harvard: placards A-4, A-4bis, B-4, C-4, D-4, E-4
- Reproduced: JJA 21: 195-202, 204, 247-254, 289-296, 355-362, 373-376
- Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A), UN5 (NLI.5B), UN6 (NLI.4), UN7 (V.A.2), Sheets 18 (Penelope) Sheets 19 (Virtual)
- u18.9 (Gabler—5) (See also u18.9')
- First page proofs; (PP 44) dated by the printer 20 January 1922;
(PP 43), (PP 45), (PP 46) marked “Bon à tirer”
and dated 27 January, 31 January, 31 January 1922
- MS Texas: gatherings (←) 43, 44, 45, 46
- Reproduced: JJA 27: 213-218, 237-252, 255-272, 275-277
- Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A), UN5 (NLI.5B), UN6 (NLI.4), UN7 (V.A.2), Sheets 18 (Penelope)
- u18.9' (Gabler—5)
- First page proofs; duplicate of gathering 43.
- MS Texas: gathering (←) 43
- Reproduced: JJA 27: 229-234
- Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A)
- u18.9+ (Gabler—5)
- Second page proofs; gathering 46 only; no corrections or revisions.
- MS Buffalo V.D.2.b: gathering 46
- Reproduced: JJA 27: 279-282
Errata (post 1st edition)
- u18.10' (Gabler—6)
- “Errata”: printed errata list for first edition; 2 copies
- MS:BL Add MS 57356, fols. 30v, 31r; 34v, 35r
- Reproduced: JJA 12: 208-209, 215-216