Record Number: 8501
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Er kehrt zum Vater wenn er die Erbs?nde verneint [...] Der Raum enth?lt in Nebeneinader was nur in zeitlicher Nacheinander erlebt werden kann [...] Gravitation, Symbol des Gnadelosen
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 16 Oct 1917 and 31 Jan 1918
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Locarno
specific address: Pension Villa Rossa
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:2 Feb 1882
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Catholic (lapsed)
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:?ber die letzten Dinge
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8501
Source:Manuscript
Author:James Joyce
Title:[The Subject Notebook]
Location:National Library of Ireland
Call No:NLI MS 36,639/3
Page/Folio:[f.15r]
Additional Information:
Autograph notes consisting of twenty-two quotations or paraphrased ideas in German taken from Otto Weininger's _?ber die letzten Dinge_ in preparation for the writing of _Ulysses_. The notes date from shortly after October 1917. The book was originally published in 1904, though presumably Joyce read the third edition published in Vienna by W. Braumüller in 1912. (The fourth edition, which appeared in 1918, is identical to the third.) For more information, see Wim Van Mierlo, "The Subject Notebook: A Nexus in the Composition History of Ulysses?A Preliminary Analysis", _Genetic Joyce Studies_ 7 (Spring 2007):
Citation:
James Joyce, [The Subject Notebook], National Library of Ireland, NLI MS 36,639/3, [f.15r], http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8501, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
It is possible that Joyce was taking notes while the book was being read to him, though given the detail of the notes this is not likely. It is possible that Joyce took the notes at an earlier date than indicated above and only transferred them to this notebook during the period indicated. The notes come from different parts of the book, which makes it unlikely the reading happened in one sitting; however, there are sections that he appears to have skipped. Whether or not he actually read the sections on which he took no notes is unknown.
