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    Marginalia : readers writing in books / H.J. Jackson.

    • Title:Marginalia : readers writing in books / H.J. Jackson.
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    • Author/Creator:Jackson, H. J.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Yale University Press, publisher.
    • Published/Created:New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Books and reading--History.
      Marginalia--History.
    • Description:324 pages ; 25 cm
    • Summary:Based on a study of thousands of books annotated in the margins by readers both famous and obscure over the last three centuries, this book reveals the intensity of emotion that characterizes the process of reading. 11 illustrations.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and index.
    • ISBN:0300088167 (cloth)
      9780300088168 (cloth)
      0300097204 (pbk.)
      9780300097207 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Physical features
      History
      Motives for marginalia
      Object lessons
      Two profiles
      Books for fanatics
      Poetics
      Book use or book abuse
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