IX.A.6.a.
IX.A.6.a [IX.A.6]: Miscellaneous Manuscripts: Loose Sheets: Partial Scribal Transcription of "Sullivan" ["From a Banned Writer to a Banned Singer"] (1931–1932)
Material Description and Collation
The manuscript is a sheet of rolled paper, Shakespeare and Company stationery, watermarked in part "L B N | Kiron", in Sylvia Beach’s hand in blue ink, on both sides of the sheet.
Title
The recto is headed "Sullivan" in Beach’s hand in blue ink.
Measurements
The manuscript measures 27.0 x 21.0 cm.
Contents
The manuscript is a partial transcription by Beach of the first half of Joyce’s occasional prose piece. A typescript version of the piece, which was continued with the second part, is in the Croessmann Collection, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (see JJA 3.312 and 313).
Dating
Joyce probably worked on this occasional piece in 1931–1932.
Publication
This manuscript has been reproduced in black and white photo-facsimile on JJA 2.310 and 311 and a revised version was published under the title "From a Banned Writer to a Banned Singer"in the New Statesman and Nation (London, 27 February 1932; n.s. III.53; pp. 260–261; Slocum and Cahoon C81) and Hound and Horn (New York, July-September 1932; vol. 5.4; pp. 542–546; Slocum and Cahoon C85) and the Critical Writings of James Joyce,edited by Ellsworth Mason and Richard Ellmann(London: Faber & Faber, 1959, pp. 258–268).
Notes
The sheet was folded once horizontally and is lightly stained on the recto and verso.