Annotation and Its Texts

Download or read book Annotation and Its Texts written by Stephen A. Barney and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.