The Gaddis Annotations – The Recognitions

The Recognitions

a. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, March 1955; second printing (May 1964) by Harcourt, Brace, & World 
b
. Toronto: George J. McLeod, 1955
c. Cleveland and New York: World (Meridian Fiction), February 1962; second printing September 1962
d. London: MacGibbon & Key, September 1962
e. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World (Harvest Books), 1970.
f. New York: Avon (Bard Books), 1974. 3 printings.
g. New York: Penguin, July 1985
h. London: Penguin, January 1986 i. New York: Penguin, 1993 (with introduction by William H. Gass)

 

A Readers Guide to William Gaddis’s The Recognitions: the annotations

A census of The Recognitions: all the characters

Time Magazine review/notice in 1955

About Hieronymus Bosch’s Seven Deadly Sins Table essay by Anja Zeidler

About the Mithraeum under San Clemente, Rome photos by Rahif Mansen, text by Anja Zeidler

About “l’inconnue de la Seine” , essay by Anja Zeidler

The Recognitions, Then and Now , essay by Steven Moore

Recognizing a Masterpiece: William Gaddis’s Reinterpretation of Flemish Art , essay by Ted Morrissey
William Gaddis’s friend Martin S. Dworkin essay by Bernard Looks

A Crisis of Fakes: the Getty Forgeries

Sheri Martinelli: a model for Esme

The 81 Recognitions: appearance of “recognition” in the novel , list by Douglas Lannark

Fire the Bastards! Jack Green on The Recognitions critical reception

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