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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... record for this book is available from the British Library . The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources . 10 ...
... record is scant and any new piece of evidence is welcome , particularly in underdocumented areas like the history of science . There is rarity value : a very old book abandoned on a bus — even a book of the 1930s or ' 40s , or any ...
... record is very likely to increase in value , if not in commer- cial terms then at least in terms of potential use by the sociologist and cultural historian . Something could be made of this modest volume , as I hope to demonstrate in ...
... record the presence of marginalia only when they are authorial or associated with a famous name . Several writers are known partly for their marginalia — Coleridge , Horace Walpole , William Beck- ford , William Blake , Charles Darwin ...
... record of a particular reader's engagement with a book will have both historical and ahistorical or transhistorical el- ements . As physical objects , books have changed in shape and texture over the years , but some features remain ...
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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