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The Evolution of Watt

The Evolution of Watt Addendum 2 The Evolution of Watt I trace the evolution of Watt through the nine "levels" identified in my Introduction, my annotations related to these. References to the drafts ("level 1" to "level 3") and early typescript ("level 2") follow the HRHRC numbering, rather than Beckett's, to allow for interfoliations and additions on the versos, typically used not for primary drafts but for changes and inserts. A reference such as "NB3, 69; TS, 245" implies that the notebook detail equally constitutes part of the later recension. I use square brackets for editorial comments and later textual developments. Minor retouches are ignored, and evolutionary deadends, often extensive, are mentioned only briefly with reference to their legacy. My "level 4" is the [missing] final typescript, a hypothetical construct from the late drafts before it and the "level 5" galley proofs set from it. As this is my implied point of reference (the "avant-texte"), I pay considerable attention to it. My four other "levels" are the published texts. The evolutionary pattern has largely settled, but differences complicate any so-called "text" of Watt; for the Olympia ("level 6"), Grove ("level 7"), and Calder ("level 8") versions each make significant changes, with new http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Beckett Studies Edinburgh University Press

The Evolution of Watt

Journal of Beckett Studies , Volume 14 (1-2): 228 – Jan 1, 2004

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Journal of Beckett Studies
Subject
Addendum 2
ISSN
0309-5207
eISSN
1759-7811
DOI
10.3366/jobs.2005.14.1-2.7
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Addendum 2 The Evolution of Watt I trace the evolution of Watt through the nine "levels" identified in my Introduction, my annotations related to these. References to the drafts ("level 1" to "level 3") and early typescript ("level 2") follow the HRHRC numbering, rather than Beckett's, to allow for interfoliations and additions on the versos, typically used not for primary drafts but for changes and inserts. A reference such as "NB3, 69; TS, 245" implies that the notebook detail equally constitutes part of the later recension. I use square brackets for editorial comments and later textual developments. Minor retouches are ignored, and evolutionary deadends, often extensive, are mentioned only briefly with reference to their legacy. My "level 4" is the [missing] final typescript, a hypothetical construct from the late drafts before it and the "level 5" galley proofs set from it. As this is my implied point of reference (the "avant-texte"), I pay considerable attention to it. My four other "levels" are the published texts. The evolutionary pattern has largely settled, but differences complicate any so-called "text" of Watt; for the Olympia ("level 6"), Grove ("level 7"), and Calder ("level 8") versions each make significant changes, with new

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Journal of Beckett StudiesEdinburgh University Press

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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