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Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books by H.J Jackson - Used Book - Hardcover - 2001 - from Old Goat Books and Biblio.com

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Book summary

This anecdotal study explores the marks readers leave behind in books as they read. Sometimes readers mourn what's not present in the margin: Fermat's last theorem is famously missing because he allegedly found the margins too small; sometimes they deplore what is: De Quincey admonished Wordsworth for opening pages with a dirty butter knife.

Media reviews

"Whether or not her study heralds a new direction in cultural historiography, Jackson makes a strong argument for marginalia as the most tangible reminders of how deeply books leave their imprint on us (and vice versa)."

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

by Jackson, H.J

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Book description: New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2001. Hardcover. NF./NF.. no. History of marginalia, the forms they take, the psychology that underlies them, and the reactions they provoke. Cloth spine. Heavy book may require more postage. Heavy book may require more postage. Hardcover

Bookseller: Old Goat Books (CA)
Bookseller Inventory #: 1040083
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: NF.
Jacket condition: NF.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300088167
ISBN 13: 9780300088168
Publisher: Yale University Press
Place: New Haven/London
Date published: 2001
Pages: 324 pages. pages.
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 x 1 inches
LCCN: Z1003.J12 2001
Dewey: 028/.9/09
Weight: 1.4 pounds

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