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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... evidence for the impact of Galileo's ideas on his contemporaries and give a glimpse of the excited interest and polemical discussion which Galileo's work often provoked . In this case , apparently , readers ' notes greatly increase the ...
... evidence that particular examples pro- vide . This copy of Situation Ethics might be described as a middling case . It's not as uninformative as the book that contains nothing but un- derlining , nor as thrilling as a copy that provides ...
... evidence of albums and auto- graphs . Special cases can lead us to seek a better understanding of ordi- nary practice , and later sections of this book will be concerned with chil- dren's marginalia and with the social functions of the ...
... evidence of ownership ; but where these files recorded " notes , " they were usually presentation inscriptions or simply owners ' marks . I made some progress by throwing myself on the mercy of li- brarians and asking whether they knew ...
... evidence of his methodical habits and of the process of composition of an extraordinarily influen- tial work in anthropology , but from the point of view of reading practice it is all too predictable . For the same reason I seldom cite ...
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 |
287 | |
301 | |
Acknowledgments | 313 |
Index | 315 |
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