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VI.I.20.

*VI.I.20 [Also X.C.84 (X.C.81)]: "Work in Progress"/Finnegans Wake Emendations and Errata: Emendations for a duplicate Copy of the Third Typescript Intended for the Calendar of Modern Letters /Finnegans Wake I.8 (1925):


Material Description and Collation

The manuscript consists of a loose sheet of Grand Hôtel de la Poste, Rouen, stationery, which Joyce used vertically, in black ink.


Measurements

The manuscript measures 27.0 x 18.5 cm.


Contents

The manuscript is the second sheet of a letter to Beach in which Joyce instructs her to emend her (second carbon) copy of the typescript (BL 47474, fs. 186r–202r) for the printers of the Calendar of Modern Letters. Although a partial set of galley proofs was set up by the printers (BL 47474, fs. 204–206; JJA 48.153–155), "Anna Livia Plurabelle" was not published in the Calendar of Modern Letters. See FW 197.35, 200.16, 200.36, 201.28, 202.05, 205.13, 206.14, 206.24, 207.21, 209.17, 209.17, 212.09–10, 212.13 and 212.14.


JJA Draft Code

I.8§1.5"+.


Dating

The manuscript was probably written on 31 July 1925.


Other Markings

The manuscript is headed "" in the top right corner in Joyce’s hand in black ink and was included in the letter from Joyce to Beach.


Publication

The correspondence was published on JJSB59–60 (#67) and LIII 122–123. The manuscript itself has been reproduced in black and white photo-facsimile on JJA 48.135.


Notes

Also see Joyce to Harriet Shaw Weaver; 8 July 1925; LIII 121–122.