Marginalia : readers writing in books /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, H. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001]
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Description
Item Description:The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell.
Physical Description:324 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and index.
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. Contains 11 illustrations facsimiles.
ISBN:0300088167 (cloth : alk. paper)