description: Did Blake know his penciled notes on the pages of the books he owned or borrowed would fade, providing question upon question for scholars to come? Did the marginalia he imposed upon his pages constitute graphic, text, or both? Snart (English, College of DuPage) is highly skilled at understanding what Blake meant, or did not mean, by the marginalia on his own works and that of others, including its material as well as symbolic importance. He finds that not only is one's own reading a character in texts, but that Blake's work in particular induces readers to believe that meaning is the product of interaction with the visual, verbal and physical elements of the page. Snart's examples of Blake's marginalia are engaging, and his ability to interpret them is fascinating. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: The Torn Book: Unreading William Blake's Marginalia
titlecomplete: The Torn Book: Unreading William Blake's Marginalia
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Susquehanna University Press