Footnotes have not had it easy. Their dominance of eighteenth- and nineteenth- century literature and scholarship was both hard-won -- following many years of struggle -- and doomed, as it led to belittlement in the twentieth century. In The Devil's Details, Chuck Zerby playfully explores footnotes' long and illustrious history and makes a clarion call to save them from the new world of the Internet and hypertext. In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional ...
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Footnotes have not had it easy. Their dominance of eighteenth- and nineteenth- century literature and scholarship was both hard-won -- following many years of struggle -- and doomed, as it led to belittlement in the twentieth century. In The Devil's Details, Chuck Zerby playfully explores footnotes' long and illustrious history and makes a clarion call to save them from the new world of the Internet and hypertext. In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates. Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and bright wrappers with slight wear to edges. Pages are spotless. Rem mk on bottom edge. Chuck Zerby "explores footnotes' long and illustrious history and makes a clarion call to save them from the new world of the Internet and hypertext". The dominance of footnotes of 18th and 19th century literature was both hard-won, following many years of struggle-and doomed, as it led to belittlement in the 20th century. Perhaps it doesn't sound like it, but this is a delightful and entertaining read! 150 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 2003, Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, USA.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Type: Remainder First Touchstone Book Printing, 2003. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, unmarked gently used book with just a whisper of cover wear. "Being a concise and definitive account of the footnote from its murky birth to its fertile middle years to its endangered present, beset as it is by careless writers and indifferent editors and thoughtless readers and penny pinching publishers; ---and lightened by many passages of delightful humor---". 150 pages (with footnotes). 8vo. 2003, Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, New York.
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