Ulysses Draft Analysis

Episode 8: Lestrygonians

Details of the various draft stages.

Compiled by Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon

2017 edition U pages 135-164
1922 edition U pages 144-175

Early Drafts

u8.0 (eo-text)
First draft: missing.
  • MS: missing
u8.1 (proto-text)
Probably a fair copy (missing).
  • MS: missing

Fair Copy

u8.2 (Rosenbach)
Final fair copy (ink); Zurich, late October 1918

Typescript

u8.3   (Gabler—B)
First typescript, missing; early 1918
u8.4   (Gabler—C)
Second typescript: exemplar (missing) prepared and revised for publication in The Little Review (February-March 1919); revisions made early 1918.
u8.5   (Gabler—D)
Second typescript: exemplar made in 1918 but prepared for the printer of Ulysses in 1921.
  • MS Buffalo V.B.6: 95-106, 106bis, 107-112
  • Reproduced: JJA 12: 304-322
  • Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A)

Placards and Proofs

u8.6   (Gabler—1)
First placards; (PL 19-1) dated by the printer 17 August 1921
  • MS Harvard: (←) placards 16-1, 17-1, 18-1, 19-1 (→)
  • Reproduced: JJA 18: 88-94, 105-112, 123-130, 141-145
  • Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A), UN5 (NLI.5B)
u8.7   (Gabler—2)
Second placards
u8.8   (Gabler—3)
First page proofs; (PP 10) is dated by the printer 22 September 1921
u8.9   (Gabler—4)
Second page proofs; (PP 10) is dated by the printer 27 September 1921
  • MS Buffalo V.C.1: gatherings (←) 9b, 10b, 11b (→)
  • Reproduced: JJA 23: 88, 123-138, 177-190
  • Notebooks used: UN4 (NLI.5A), UN5 (NLI.5B)
u8.10   (Gabler—5)
Third page proofs; (PP 9) is dated by other 7 October 1921; (PP 10) is dated by the printer 3 October 1921, and by other 7 October and marked “bon à tirer”
  • MS Texas gatherings (←) 9, 10, MS Buffalo V.C.1: 11d (→)
  • Reproduced: JJA 23: 104, 139-140, 145-158, 193-207
u8.11   (Gabler—6)
Fourth page proofs; covers only U84 8.64-101 (=page 146) and U84 8.640-end (=PP 11); (PP 11) dated by printer 7 October 1921 and marked “bon à tirer”
  • MS Texas: page 146, MS page, MS Yale: gathering 11
  • Reproduced: JJA 23: 142, 209-223
u8.11+   (Gabler—6)
Late addition for page 146 on note; copied onto above draft; undated.
  • MS Texas
  • Reproduced: JJA 23: 141
u8.12   (Gabler—7)
Fifth page proofs; covers U84 8.64-101 (page 146) and U84 8.640-end (PP 11) only; page 146 is marked “Bon” and dated 10 October 1921; (PP 11) dated by printer 12 October 1921 and by other 14 October 1921 and marked “bon à tirer”
  • MS Texas: page 146, gathering 11 (→)
  • Reproduced: JJA 23: 143, 225-239
u8.12+   (Gabler—7)
Late addition “across his stained square of newspaper” in note dated 11 October 1921
  • MS Texas
  • Reproduced: JJA 23: 363

Errata (post 1st edition)

u8.13'   (Gabler—8)
“Errata”: printed errata list for first edition; 2 copies
  • MS:BL Add MS 57356, fols. 29, 32v
  • Reproduced: JJA 12: 204, 211
u8.13   (Gabler—8)
Errata (additional corrections) in Joyce's hand.
  • MS:BL Add MS 57356, fols. 8
  • Reproduced: JJA 12: 179
u8.13+   (Gabler—8)
Typescript of additional corrections.
  • MS:BL Add MS 57356, fol. 16
  • Reproduced: JJA 12: 190
u8.13++   (Gabler—8)
New typescript of additional corrections.
  • MS:BL Add MS 57356, fols. 23
  • Reproduced: JJA 12: 197