Annotation and its texts
By: edited by Stephen A. Barney.
Contributors: Barney, Stephen A.; University of California (System). Humanities Research Institute.
Series: Publications of the University of California Humanities Research Institute
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Transmission of texts -- Congresses.; Manuscripts -- Editing -- Congresses.; Criticism, Textual -- Congresses.; Annotating, Book -- Congresses.; Marginalia -- Congresses.
Description: A spirited study of a neglected topic, these essays explore the character and uses of annotation from Biblical times to the present. A group of distinguished scholars investigates such subjects as the bullying footnote, the play of note against text, the self-annotation of the Bible, the parasitical commentator, the note as imperial seal, the agonies of modern scholarly publication, the hidden marginalium, and the ways in which supplements to the text tend to push aside the text. Casting light on a matter which readers usually ignore, this witty, readable, and revisionist book offers a provocative invitation for further discussion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers from a symposium held Apr. 8-10, 1988, at the University of California, Irvine, and sponsored by the University of California Humanities Research Institute.