Women and the Making of Ulysses: A History in Ten Objects (Part One)

First edition of Ulysses (from the Harry Ransom Centre’s James Joyce collection).

“Ulysses would have been a very different book had Sylvia Beach not been so generous in her support…”

Dr Clare Hutton (Loughborough University)

Read the first article in a series devoted to objects that tell the story of women who supported James Joyce and the publication of his landmark novel, Ulysses. In this week’s installment, Clare Hutton (Loughborough University) explores the determination and generosity of Sylvia Beach, the Parisian bookseller who first published Ulysses in 1922. Subsequent blogs will be released fortnightly, each exploring an object significant to the making of Ulysses.