Steven Shaw’s Reviews > The "Ithaca" chapter of Joyce's Ulysses > Status Update
Steven Shaw
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"The drafts reveal that nothing here is coincidental: in the basic manuscript the number is given as 'Box 320' in both places; later in the proofs, Joyce carefully struck off the zero."
A forensic analysis of Joyce's creative process, this one focusing in-depth on a single chapter.
— May 22, 2019 05:39AM
A forensic analysis of Joyce's creative process, this one focusing in-depth on a single chapter.
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Steven Shaw
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"The idea... struck Joyce while he was revising the final proof, and he added the fifteen parentheses... additions like these, shattering the typography of an entire paragraph,.. ultimately caused the French printers to parallel 'merde' with a fine new swearword --JOYCE!" (104)
— Jun 29, 2019 11:42PM
Steven Shaw
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I'm now realizing that this is actually a textbook for the writing of, well, anything. Studying Joyce's process destroys the myth of the author sitting down at a typewriter and composing from beginning to end. Though it starts out a bit heavy handed, this could be required reading for any writing course.
— Jun 04, 2019 05:02PM
Steven Shaw
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"...publishing...on...February 2, 1922...In red ink on the last proof a printer has substituted [a] word...and noted in the margin, 'lettre de M. Joyce recue 30.1.22." Rarely in publishing history can the phrase 'last minute changes' have so closely approached literal truth."
— May 24, 2019 07:47PM
