Catch-words
Between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the assembly of printed sheets into ordered books had a textual aid: a few letters printed in the bottom-right margin of each page that anticipated the first word at the top of the following page. A quick glance could confirm that the catch-word matche...
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the assembly of printed sheets into ordered books had a textual aid: a few letters printed in the bottom-right margin of each page that anticipated the first word at the top of the following page. A quick glance could confirm that the catch-word matched the start of the next page's text, and therefore that the sequencing and pagination were correct. This book gathers the catch-words in the first edition of Samuel Richardson's landmark novel Clarrisa, or, the history of a Young Lady (1748). Their new arrangement follows the structure of its source: each catch-word becomes a line, each gathering a stanza, each volume a canto. The process repeats in the manner of a musical catch until, finally, all 883,716 of Richardson's words are gone |
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| Beschreibung: | 143 Seiten 17 cm 1 Beilage (Faltblatt mit 8 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 1907468293 1-907468-29-3 9781907468292 978-1-907468-29-2 |