Notes on footnotes : annotating eighteenth-century literature / edited by Melvyn New and Anthony W. Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

New, Melvyn, editor.

Lee, Anthony W., editor.

Series:

Penn State series in the history of the book

The Penn State series in the history of the book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Bibliographical citations.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Essays.

Physical Description:

xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Annotating 18th-century literature

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"A collection of essays by scholars of eighteenth-century literature, sharing their experiences as both producers and users of explanatory annotations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Many excellent good notes" : annotating John Aubrey's Brief lives / Kate Bennett

Annotating Dryden, Southerne, and Defoe / Maximillian E. Novak

Annotation in scholarly editions of plays : problems, options, and principles / Robert D. Hume

Annotating topical satire : the case of Swift / Stephen Karian

A picture is worth a thousand words : annotated facsimiles as ideal editions / Shef Rogers

Annotating Pope / Marcus Walsh

Uninformed readers and the crisis of annotation / Michael Edson

Footnote failure / Thomas Lockwood

The angry annotator annotated / Melvyn New

Annotating the Yale edition of the works of Samuel Johnson / Robert DeMaria Jr.

Annotating The rambler/The annotated rambler / Anthony W. Lee

Annotation and scholarly conversations : the musings of a non-editor annotator / Robert G. Walker

Annotation and editorial practice : twenty-five years (and counting) / Elizabeth Kraft

The rhetoric, ethics, and aesthetics of annotation : some reflections / William McCarthy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271093970

0271093978

OCLC:

1311360627