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James Joyce's compounds in Ulysses

Jorn Barger August 2000

New: Joyce's capitals; Joyce's typists; Joyce's deletions, commas, other punctuation

Typescripts for ch6-8 show a hand that G calls 'sD' (for 'scribe' at D-level typescript) going thru and requesting splits for many compounds. Only a few of these show up in the placards, but I think the hand was J's.

Joyce never uses 'onto' in Ulysses, always 'on to'. He does compound it sometimes in FW, so I'm experimenting with allowing the compound form where it seems natural in Ulysses-- but this is risky because it often brings a subtle sense of precision.


1.83/5.11 "harbour mouth"

G reverts to compound

2.24 "Welloff people"

ms splits

2.115 "The fox burying his grandmother under a hollybush."

'holly bush' in ms

2.121 "Quickly they were gone and from the lumberroom came the rattle of sticks"

'lumber room' in ms

2.141 "underfoot"

1922 has split (also 2.147)

2.167 "swaddling bands"

G reverts (?) to compound

2.341 "cattledoctors"

J switched to compound

2.366 "thickplotting"

J switched to compound

2.416 "cattletraders'"

J switched to compound

3.54 "hinderparts"

J switched to compound

3.116 "bald poll!"

G reverts to compound, but that rhythm doesn't work for me with the exclam

3.240 "tobacco shreds"

G opts for compound

3.261 "boys of"

G goes with ms-only compound

3.353 "Out of that"

G reverts to pointless ms compound

3.487 "his my"

G reverts to unhappy ms compound

4.107 "whiffs of ginger, teadust, biscuitmush"

ms had biscuit mush

4.110 "cattlemarket"

ms had split (also 4.159)

4.111 "Bald head"

G reverts (?) to ms compund

4.145 "willowpatterned dish"

J requested compound

4.206 "Molly in Citron's basketchair."

ms had split

4.236 "Valuation is only twentyeight."

J requested compound

4.283 "He filled his own moustachecup"

J requested compound

4.288 "looking glass"

G reverts to ms compound

4.489 "Just had a wash and brushup."

J requested compound

5.53 "postoffice"

ms had split

5.102 "blanketcloth"

ms had split

5.331 "distinguished looking... altar rails... confession box... witness box"

G reverts to compounds

5.383 "shiftylooking"

J requested compound

5.518 "coolwrappered"

J requested compound

6.11 "carriage window"

G reverts to plausible compound (typescript lost)

6.30 "tramtracks"

ms had split

6.169 "waistcoat pocket"

G rejects split

6.222 "topnobbers"

ms had split

6.393 "Roast beef for old England."

ms lacked split

6.625 "baldheaded business men"

G innovates compound

6.661 "Secret eyes, secret searching."

G sees compound in ms

6.776 "corpse manure"

ms had compound

6.986 "fever pit"

G reverts (?) compound-plural, overriding "a1"; I revert to singular to match 'chamber'

6.1011 "bowling green"

G rejects sD split

7.33 "printing works"

G rejects sD split

7.57 "Jesus Mario"

Kidd accepts G's reversion to Jesusmario, but I don't see how the printer could have misread the typescript in exactly the style of the manuscript!?!

7.157 "High class"

G quietly reverts to compound

7.220 "Twentyeight... MacHugh... windowpane... ninetyfive... barefoot"

sD requests splits (note for MacHugh: "esp. fine")

7.342 "blow out... Twenty eight"

G rejects sD splits

7.462 "cigarette case"

G overrides "a1" to impose compund, pleading only "e"!?

7.514 "railway line"

G rejects happy sD split (also 7.588)

7.669 "publichouse... publichouse... leadenfooted... wellchosen... matchbox... soultransfigured... soultransfiguring"

sD requested splits

7.734 "gutter sheet... master mystic"

G reverts to compounds-- but no sD requests here???

7.757 "Michelangelo"

sD (?) requested 'Michael Angelo'

7.760 "cigarette case"

G rejects sD split (also 7.791)

7.814 "sick bed"

G innovates compound, crediting Dalton

7.838 "highpriest... letterbox moneybox"

sD requests splits (not 7.832 highpriest though)

7.892 "boosing shed"

G imposes compound, for odd reasons

7.940 "dining rooms'

G rejects sD split
8.28 "auctionrooms"

sD requests split (although the symbol may be modified to mean 'stet'?)

    -|-       |        -|- 
    -|-       |        -|- 
     |        |         |
     |       -|-       -|-
     |       -|-       -|-
   normal   ditto    special?

8.39 "bridge piers"

G rejects sD split

8.52 "quay walls"

G rejects 1922 split, probably J's

8.57 "thirtytwo"

sD requests split

8.79 "sea birds"

G rejects 1922 split, probably J's

8.79 "seagoose"

sD requests split

8.85 "chestnut meal"

G overrides "a4" to restore compound

8.100 "Flybynight"

1922 has plausible 3 words

8.109 "Timeball on the ballast office"

sD requests both be split, 1922 splits the latter (also at 8.114), G rejects splits

8.112 "pikehoses"

G reverts to plausible ms two-words, blaming typist, but it was never fixed (also 8.1148)

8.132 "show cart... blotting paper"

G rejects splits

8.159 "ninetyfour"

sD requests split

8.163 "elephantgrey"

G says J requested compound at "a1" (against episode style?)

8.169 "Rabbit pie"

G perversely rejects ms AND sD, opting for compound

8.171 "wallpaper, Dockrell's"

G opts for period (sD requests 'wall paper'!??)

8.172 "bathwater"

sD requests split

8.182 "waxedup"

sD requests 'waxe dup'???

8.185 "supper room"

G rejects sD split

8.199 "herself"

G reverts to two words, blaming typist--though sD doesn't split

8.200 "hairpins"

sD requests split

8.201 "beddyhouse"

sD requests split

8.225 "womaneyes"

sD requests split

8.229 "rattlesnakes... lawbooks... handbag"

sD requests splits

8.271 "mockturtle"

sD requests split

8.279 "masterstroke"

sD requests split

8.296 "heavy stringed"

G reverts to compound, overriding sD

8.297 "skullpiece... dustcoat... lampposts... Goodbye... skullpiece... fortyfour... vicereine... Foodheated... cobblestones... sourapple"

sD requests splits

8.384 "twentyone,"

sD requested split (also 8.387) and comma, "a1" undid the split (!?), G rejects the comma

8.407 "Goose step"

G sees (ambiguous) compound

8.423 "horse policeman"

G rejects sD split

8.445 "plain clothes"

G reverts to compound overriding "sD" and "a1"

8.446 "Squarepushing... Hotblooded... squareheaded... Homerule... northwest"

sD requests split, reversed by 'bon' in margin (also for plainclothes above)

8.455 "get along"

G quietly reverts to 'gelong' (blaming printer!??)

8.456 "Tobacco shopgirls"

sD requests 3 words, G grants one only

8.473 "Home Rule"

sD requested split, marginal 'bon' reversed this, G opts for plausible Homerule

8.486 "piledup... jerrybuilt... woebegone...twoheaded"

sD requests splits

8.499 "silver ware"

G rejects split that sD requested and got

8.537 "Wind and watery"

G overrides successful sD to restore too-happy compound

8.552 "field glasses"

G rejects successful sD split

8.553 "Wellmannered"

sD requests split

8.557 "cloak rooms"

G rejects sD split

8.584 "pineapple"

sD requests split, reversed in margin

8.593 "quick breathing"

G rejects sD split

8.597 "streetwalkers... harvestmoon... twentythree... hoofthuds... chawbacon... rainwater... Sunwarm... meatjuice"

sD requests splits

8.615 "silk dames and dowagers"

1922 has a comma after silk, G opts for silkdames

8.617 "Country bred"

G rejects sD split

8.635 "silk webs"

G rejects sD split

8.670 "cigarette smoke"

G reverts to compound (plausibly blaming typist)

8.711 "drinkingcup... sheepsnouts bloodypapered... nosejam"

sD requests splits

8.715 "soup pot"

G rejects sD's split

8.730 "smoking hot"

G overrides sD and "a4" to restore compound

8.801 "boxing match"

G reverts to plausible compound

8.809 "tuckstitched shirtsleeves... horseflesh... Orangegroves"

sD requests splits

8.834 "petty cash"

G rejects sD's split

8.898 "winepress... earwigs... gumjelly... nannygoat"

sD requests splits

8.975 "tearwashed... gingerpop... Breadsoda... suckingbottle... closestools... bookstore... dyeworks... Postoffice'"

sD requests splits

8.1032 "cobble stones"

G temptingly rejects sD split

8.1064 "watering places... wall face... public house"

G rejects sD splits

8.1119 "Work basket"

G blames split on typist

9.39 "Godspeed"

G reverts to two words

9.492 "pseudomalachi"

G reverts to ms 'pseudo Malachi' which I'll accept only if 'pseudomalachi' can't refer to Photius...?

9.630 "gombeen woman"

G reverts to ms compound

10.1040 "lieutenant general"

G reverts to compound to match below, but this is speech not thought...?

10.1134 "sergeant major"

G imposes compound, but this is a boy reading a poster!

10.1215 "all times ticking"

G reverts to unahppily-ambiguous compound



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Ulysses:
chapters: summary : anchors : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12a 12b 13 14a 14b 15a 15b 15c 15d 16a 16b 17a 17b 18a 18b
notes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
reference: Bloom : clocktime : prices : schemata : Tower : riddles : errors : Homeric parallels : [B-L Odyssey] : Eolus tropes : parable : Oxen : Circe : 1904 : Thom's : Gold Cup : Seaside Girls : M'appari : acatalectic : search
riddles: overview : Rudy : condom : Gerty : Hades : Strand : murder : Eccles
maps: Ulysses : WRocks : Strand : VR tour : aerial tour : Dublin : Leinster : Ireland : Europe
editing: etexts : lapses : Gabler : capitals : commas : compounds : deletes : punct : typists
drafts: prequel : Proteus : Cyclops : Circe
closereadings: notes : Oxen : Circe

Joyce: main : fast portal : portal
major: FW : Pomes : U : PoA : Ex : Dub : SH : CM : CM05 : CM04
minor: Burner : [Defoe] : [Office] : PoA04 : Epiph : Mang : Rab
bio: timeline : 1898-1904 : [Trieste] : eyesight : schools : Augusta
vocation: reading : tastes : publishers : craft : symmetry
people: 1898-1904 gossip : 1881 gossip : Nora : Lucia : Gogarty : Byrne : friends : siblings : Stannie
maps: Dublin : Leinster : Ireland : Europe : Paris : Ulysses
images: directory : [Ruch]
motifs: ontology : waves : lies : wanking : MonaLisa : murder
Irish lit: timeline : 100poems : Ireland : newspapers : gossip : Yeats : MaudG : AE : the Household : Theosophy : Eglinton : Ideals
classics: Shakespeare : Dante : Pre-Raphaelites : Homer : Patrick
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