An Annotation of Literary, Historic, and Artistic References
in Alan Moore's Graphic Novel, V For Vendetta.
Madelyn Boudreaux,
April 27, 1994

Last Revised: August 13, 2004
Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Book 1
  • Book 2
  • Book 3
  • Sources and Credits <- You are here
  • Quotes and fanmail
  • Part 5 of 5

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    Credits

    Over the many years since I first had these annotations posted online, a number of people have contacted me to give me further information or to correct me errors or oversights. I am always delighted to see that people have spent enough time with the annotation - and with the original novel - to send me these comments, and I continue to welcome them.

    In the next few weeks, I will be updating the annotations to reflect these changes, additions, and corrections. I will also list the contributors of these changes here.

    First, I have to thank David Wald, who has hosted the annotations (in their original text format) on his website since 1994. During much of that time, I had no place to host the annotations in any form, and I'm very thankful for his service in making and keeping the annotations available online.

    Links

    A few related links:
    The Music of Vendetta

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