About the 
Gaddis annotations site & group
Our purpose is to bring readers to the work of William Gaddis (1922-1998), one of the most important and influential American writers of the 20th century, and to increase and deepen both the understanding and pleasure of his distinctive genius.

Site editor & webmaster
Victoria Harding
with advice from
Steven Moore
and technical help from
Curtiss Leung


Members and/or contributors
Jeff Bursey, Canada
Peter Dempsey, U.K.
Ron Dulin, U.S.
Chatham Ewing, U.S.
Peter Friedman, U.S.
Victoria Harding, U.S.
Curtiss Leung, U.S.
Steven Moore, U.S.
Matt Richards, U.S.
John Schu, U.S.
John Soutter, U.K
Daniel Beraca Visel, U.S.
Anja Zeidler, Germany

The project consists of a group, left, of Gaddis readers along with some scholars who came together in the late 1990s primarily on the Gaddis-l discussion group, originally established by Ron Dulin who also created the Gaddis site pages with the annotations for The Recognitions

Not long after the site went online with The Recognitions notes, Steven Moore, primary Gaddis scholar, author, and bibliographer, was invited to join us, and sent his incomplete and otherwise unpublished annotations for J R, Carpenter's Gothic, A Frolic of His Own, and Agapē Agape, along with the revised and expanded A Reader's Guide to William Gaddis's The Recognitions, on the original site, along with his continually updated Gaddis bibliography, his Gaddis in Fiction list, and other materials.

The group and Steven Moore have expanded and enhanced all the notes and bibliographic materials over the years, and added other Gaddis materials to them, including lists of characters and collections of tributes and of reminiscences.  This activity continues, and many visitors have sent suggestions and additions; contributions from all Gaddis readers are welcome and noted on the site.  

Curtiss Leung has been involved in planning and constructing the site and its support from the beginning, and in addition to supplying notes and important organizational work, provided invaluable technical help. At the outset the support and encouragement received from Charles Monaghan, long-time Gaddis friend and promoter, and from Alan Westrope, who has unusual and interesting Gaddis material on his web site. were of great value. Anja Zeidler has been especially helpful not only in providing new information but in organizing others' materials to make site work easier. Finally, the site is owned and edited by Victoria Harding, who is responsible for everything that appears here. 

Please see the Contact page for inquiries about the Gaddis archives at Washington University or permissions and other information from the agent for the literary estate.

Gaddis readers everywhere are invited to send suggestions for additional notes, corrections or amplifications of current ones, and any comments and suggestions for the site in general.

--Victoria Harding
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