Ulysses Draft Analysis
2017 edition U pages 36-48
1922 edition U pages 37-50
Early Drafts
- NLI Add. MS 36,639/7A (NLI.7A)
- School exercise book (covers missing). 28 pages (14 leaves) of graph paper, 22 x 17.8 cm, with text written on rectos and versos. The first 9 pages only relate to Proteus (see u11.1, Sirens eo-text, for the remainder).
- u3.0 (eo-text)
- First known draft; written as a sequence of vignettes: probably Locarno, late 1917, or Zurich, January 1918.
- MS:NLI.7A, pages
1,
2, 3,
4, 5,
6, 7,
8, 9
Published edition: The Dublin Ulysses papers, vol. 1, ed. Danis Rose (East Lansing: House of Breathings, 2012), pages 9-15. - Notebooks used: UN1 (NLI.3), UN2 (VI.D.7)
- MS:NLI.7A, pages
1,
2, 3,
4, 5,
6, 7,
8, 9
- Buffalo MS V.A.3
- School exercise book (Locarno) with orange paper covers. [28] pages (14 leaves) of graph paper, 22.3 x 17.5 cm. Text, in black ink with pencil and ink additions and revisions, on both rectos and versos. Pages 1-18 numbered 1-18 by Joyce; page 19 contains an addition for page 15; pages 20-28 blank. “III” handwritten on label pasted to the front cover.
- u3.1 (proto-text)
- Heavily revised early draft: Locarno, late 1917 or Zurich January 1918.
- MS:Buffalo V.A.3, pages, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19-15, 16, 17, 18
- Reproduced: JJA 12:239-257
- Notebooks used: JN1 (NLI.2A), UN1 (NLI.3), UN2 (VI.D.7)
Fair Copy
- u3.2 (Rosenbach)
- Final fair copy (ink); Zurich, late January 1918
- MS:Rosenbach Museum, fols. numbered 1-20
- Reproduced: A Facsimile of the Manuscript (Faber, 1975): vol. I
- Notebooks used: UN2 (VI.D.7)
Typescript
- u3.3' (Gabler—A)
- Revisions sent to Sykes for inclusion in the typescript; Zurich, late Jan 1918 (see Letters,
II, 4 February, 1918).
- MS:Yale
- u3.3 (Gabler—B) (See also u3.3')
- Typescript exemplar (missing) prepared for publication in The Little Review
(May 1918): The Egoist publication (Mar-April 1919)
was set from The Little Review);
revisions made early 1918.
- MS: missing
- Reproduced: JJA
- u3.4 (Gabler—C)
- Typescript exemplar (missing except for one page) made in 1918 but
prepared for the printer of Ulysses in 1921.
- MS Buffalo V.B.2 page 10, and missing
- Reproduced: JJA 12: 259
- Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A)
Placards and Proofs
- u3.5 (Gabler—1)
- First placards; (PL 4) dated by the printer 14 June 1921
- MS Harvard: placards 5, 6 (→)
- Reproduced: JJA 17: 45-52, 55-60
- u3.6 (Gabler—2)
- First page proofs.
- MS Buffalo V.C.1: gathering 3 MS private 39-48; gathering 4 MS Buffalo V.C.1 4a 49-52 (→)
- Reproduced: JJA 22: not reproduced, 167-170
- Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A)
- u3.6' (Gabler—2)
- First page proofs, unrevised duplicate of gathering 3.
- MS Buffalo V.C.1: (←) gathering 3a
- Reproduced: JJA 22: 123-132
- u3.7 (Gabler—3) (See also u3.7')
- Second page proofs (incomplete): undated
- MS Buffalo V.C.1: gatherings (←) [missing 3], 4d (→)
- Reproduced: JJA 22: 199-202
- u3.7' (Gabler—3)
- Second page proofs; lightly revised but not returned to the printer:
- MS Buffalo V.C.1: gatherings (←) 3b, 4c (→)
- Reproduced: JJA 22: 139-148, 183-186
- Notebooks used: UN6 (NLI.4)
- u3.8 (Gabler—4)
- Second placards; probably made 18 August 1921
- MS Harvard: placards (←) V, VI, VII (→)
- Reproduced: JJA 17: 141-144, 147-154, 157-158
- Notebooks used: UN6 (NLI.4)
- u3.9 (Gabler—5)
- Third page proofs; dated by reviser (PP 3) 20 and (PP 4) 21 September 1921
- MS Texas: gatherings (←) 3, 4 (→)
- Reproduced: JJA 22: 153-164, 215-216
Errata (post 1st edition)
- u3.10' (Gabler—6)
- “Errata”: printed errata list for first edition; 2 copies
- MS:BL Add MS 57356, fols. 28, 32
- Reproduced: JJA 12: 203, 210
- u3.10 (Gabler—6)
- Errata (additional corrections) in Joyce's hand.
- MS:BL Add MS 57356, fols. 7, 7v
- Reproduced: JJA 12: 177, 178
- u3.10+ (Gabler—6)
- Typescript of additional corrections.
- MS:BL Add MS 57356, fol. 15
- Reproduced: JJA 12: 189
- u3.10++ (Gabler—6)
- New typescript of additional corrections, with one extra correction (the first page is retyped
with 3 copies).
- MS:BL Add MS 57356, fols. 18-21, 22
- Reproduced: JJA 12: 192, 193-195, 196