Marginalia: Readers Writing in BooksYale University Press, 01/01/2001 - 324 páginas 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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... contain even his autograph . The notes were written , so far as we know , not by some other famous person but by unidentified contemporaries of no guaranteed authority . In fact the notes have not been " transcribed or studied in any ...
... contains nothing but un- derlining , nor as thrilling as a copy that provides privileged information or bold and significant criticism . But it repays attention , and as time goes by its kind of record is very likely to increase in ...
... containing " childish pencil scrawls at the end , " possibly hers . The auctioneers alleged that she car- ried this book to the Kennedy birthday ball where she sang " Happy Birthday , Mr. President " —though some readers of the New York ...
... containing manuscript features . Although some entries are not relevant to my pur- pose — books with letters tipped in , for example — and although Alston does not pretend to do more than list items already identified as contain- ing ...
... Containing MS . Notes , Preserved in the Library of the Uni- versity of Cambridge ( 1864 ) ; better still , they ... contain special books . The great institutional libraries of England and the United States that I have relied on will by ...
Índice
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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