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VI.J.14.

VI.J.14 [IX.A.9]: "Work in Progress"/Finnegans Wake Miscellaneous Manuscript: Typescript of "Tim Finnegan’s Wake" (Probably 1939)

Material Description and Collation

The manuscript is a sheet of single-spaced typewritten black ribbon top (original) copy, watermarked "EATONS | BERKSHIRE BOND | USA."

Title

The heading "TIM FINIGAN’S WAKE." is typed at the top center of the page.

Measurements

The manuscript measures 21.3 x 27.6 cm.

Pagination

"(270" is typed at the top center of the page.

Contents

The typescript is of the anonymous Irish ballad that was prepared for Joyce. This is the version of the ballad that also appears in Patricia Hutchins, James Joyce’s World (London: Methuen, 1957), pp. 214–215.

Dating

This copy of the song may have been prepared in June 1939 (see Jacques Mercanton to Joyce; 23 June 1939; JJPL 110–111).

Publication

This manuscript has not been reproduced.