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This chapter reproduces the Addenda printed in Vol. 2 (2004), pp. 363–9, omitting a few items now included in the corrected main text. The Addenda originally printed on p. 78 (Cretans) and p. 239 (Phaethon) have been added, as well as a few essential more recent items. The chapter then considers the publication of a very fragmentary 4th C. B.C. Apulian calyx crater with a composite scene perhaps suggested by Cretans. The scene may give a general impression of the crisis for Pasiphae — and for Daedalus; and it perhaps strengthens the view that Icarus was a stage character. Meanwhile, concerning the origin of the myth, Blomqvist speculatively associates Phaethon's blazing fall with that of a large meteorite in the Baltic, dated 4,000–3,000 B.C.

This chapter reassesses the roles of mimesis and authority in both Beckett and Dante from an intertextual point of view. It studies the promise of an invisible Dante, which has been read by critics into Murphy in ways that overlook the puzzling nature of this promise. It shows that it leads to a study of the status of invisible presences and visible absences in Beckett's ghostly oeuvre. This chapter also looks at Dante's visible absence, which is significantly linked to Beckett's poetics of residua, marginality and fragmentariness. It includes a discussion of the ‘Addenda’ section in Watt.

This chapter examines footnotes, endnotes, and the marginal glosses that constitute the fiction and poetry that speak of the stranger. T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land for example, included footnotes that pose a challenge. How are we to read them? Are they referential, merely addenda, or a vital part of the poem? Eliot himself suggested that his own notes aerere merely pale reflections of the sources that he drew inspiration from. In other words, for those who truly wanted to know the meaning behind the poem, additional reading would be required. Jessie L. Weston’s From Ritual to Romance and Frazer’s The Golden Bough also exhibit the same characteristic in their poetry. This is simply one aspect of the appearance of small print in poetry. The rest of the chapter explores the other uses and challenges that these marks provide.

This chapter is the cornerstone of the book and accomplishes four large tasks. First, it elaborates Adorno’s theory of practical reason, including his notion of ‘the addendum,’ his philosophy of action, and his ethical theory. Second, it puts Adorno into a complex dialogue with Stanley Cavell, showing how their philosophies of language and also their ethical views intersect. Third, it elaborates what it means to be autonomous ‘after Auschwitz,’ showing the moral stakes of such an environment. Fourth, and finally, it puts Adorno’s theory of morality and action into dialogue with figures like Anscombe, Kant, and Davidson, amongst others.

This collection brings together historians of language, literature, crusader society, and material culture to offer a completely new consideration of the francophone world of the eastern Mediterranean that is decidedly interdisciplinary in its approach. The editors layout the five thematic strands of the book: hybridity and innovation, translation and transportation, practicalities, negotiating identity, and Italy’s silent role. The editors also note that a digital addendum will be available.