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lovelylad | 15:12 Sun 02nd Dec 2001 | Arts & Literature
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Has anyone seen any egs of the kinds of chnages to punctuation which caused the estate of James Joyce to sue his publisher recently?
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It's not just punctuation, examples such as 'dressinggown' being changed to 'dressing gown'. The editor felt that there had never been THE definitive text, so he was justified in 'correcting' punctuation and errors, as they weren't deliberate Joyce-isms.
08:57 Thu 06th Dec 2001
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Find out more about this at article 2415
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