James Joyce's Manuscripts and Letters - University at Buffalo Libraries

*VII. A. l. CRITICISM: "DANIELE DEFOE"
Loose Sheets, 1 Joyce's hand in ink; no corrections or additions. Fair
copy.
Title: "Daniele Defoe a) (I)"
Collation: 17 sheets of unruled paper, held together by a large goldcolored
paper fastener on top left corner; all rectos written on, all
versos blank. Approx. 21 x 17 cm.
Pagination: Rectos numbered 1-17 in margins, in pencil, Joyce's
hand.
Contents: Approximately first half of a lecture in Italian on Daniel
Defoe, "a) Lecture delivered before the Universita del Popolo,
Trieste, in 1012 (?) 1913. J.J. Paris 10.12.28." 2 (For second half
of lecture, see MS. VII. A. 2.)
Other Markings: "James Joyce" signed in ink on bottom of p. 17.
Dating: 1913.
Publication: This MS. is unpublished. 3
Notes: MS. begins, "Correva l'anno di grazia 1660 quando Carlo Stuardo
..."
MS. ends, ". . . la natura brutale e beffarda pone fine alia vita
di un essere umano."
*VH. A. 2. CRITICISM: "DANIELE DEFOE"
Loose Sheets, Joyce's hand in ink; no corrections or additions. Fair
copy.
Title: "Daniele Defoe (II)"
Collation: 23 sheets of unruled paper, held together by a large goldcolored
paper fastener on top left corner; all rectos written on, all
versos blank. Approx. 21 x 17 cm.
MSS. VII. A. 1.-3. see Slocum & Cahoon, item E. 11. b. x.; Sylvia
Beach Catalogue, item 14.
2 Marginal note in ink, Joyce's hand on p. 1, added December 10, 1928.
3 The Defoe lecture is not included in The Critical Writings of James Joyce
"because of a prior arrangement by the James Joyce Estate," p. 214.
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