Marginalia: Readers Writing in BooksYale University Press, 1 jan 2001 - 324 pagina's From Pierre de Fermat to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Graham Greene, readers have related to books through the notes they write in the margins. In this pioneering book--the first to examine the phenomenon of marginalia--H.J. Jackson surveys an extraordinary range of annotated books to explore the history of marginalia, the forms they take, the psychology that underlies them, and the reactions they provoke. Based on a study of thousands of books annotated by readers both famous and obscure over the last three centuries, this book reveals the intensity of emotion that characterizes the process of reading. For hundreds of years, readers have talked to other people in the margins of their books--not only to authors, but also to friends, lovers, and future generations. With an infectious enthusiasm for her subject, Jackson reflects on the cultural and historical value of writing in the margins, examines works that have invited passionate annotation, and presents examples of some of the most provocative marginalia. Imaginative, amusing, and poignant, this book will be treasured by--and maybe even annotated by--anyone who cares about reading. |
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... thing . Somebody has used yellow highlighter to mark significant passages — most of the text , it seems . Perhaps it was the same person who scribbled some page numbers in ballpoint pen inside the back cover , with the odd word to show ...
... thing to do " ( p . 115 ) —that is , to rescue the medical genius and not your own father from a fire ; and so on . At the end of the index , which is the last printed page , the annotator sums up the volume in her own words : nothing ...
... things for the good — end could turn out bad but as long as the goal is good then it's o.k. — the means to the end — feels there should be no laws — how can you bring children up that way ? —remember 6 propositions Finally , on the back ...
... collections contain special books . The great institutional libraries of England and the United States that I have relied on will by the nature of things present a skewed sam- ple . If books are listed as containing ms . 20 introduction.
... things in the margin " of his own , as I have said , in 1819. ( Books in Latin with scholarly apparatus had of course been using the term for cen- turies . ) Coleridge is an acknowledged master of the form and played a crucial part in ...
Inhoudsopgave
Physical Features | 18 |
History | 44 |
Motives for Marginalia | 81 |
Object Lessons | 101 |
Two Profiles | 149 |
Books for Fanatics | 179 |
Poetics | 204 |
Book Use or Book Abuse | 234 |
Afterword | 259 |
Notes | 267 |
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| 301 | |
Acknowledgments | 313 |
Index | 315 |
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