03702oam 2200649 c 450 991074339950332120251102090541.09783657795284365779528610.30965/9783657795284(CKB)5590000000959972(nllekb)BRILL9783657795284(MiAaPQ)EBC31216882(Au-PeEL)EBL31216882(Brill | Schöningh)9783657795284(Brill | Schöningh)9783657795284(EXLCZ)99559000000095997220251102d2022 uy 0engurun####uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierThe Author as AnnotatorAmbiguities of Self-Annotation in Pope and ByronMiriam Lahrsow1st ed.PaderbornBrill | Schöningh20221 online resourceBeiträge zur englischen und amerikanischen Literatur429783506795281 3506795287 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminay Material /Miriam Lahrsow -- Copyright page /Miriam Lahrsow -- Dedication /Miriam Lahrsow -- Acknowledgements /Miriam Lahrsow -- Figures and Tables /Miriam Lahrsow -- A Note on the Texts /Miriam Lahrsow -- A Note on Names /Miriam Lahrsow -- List of Abbreviations /Miriam Lahrsow -- Prelude: Self-Annotation, Xenographic Annotation, and Ambiguity /Miriam Lahrsow -- Chapter 1 Introduction /Miriam Lahrsow -- Chapter 2 Functions and Strategies of Self-Annotation in Pope /Miriam Lahrsow -- Interlude: Byron and Pope – Two Very Different Self-Annotators /Miriam Lahrsow -- Chapter 3 Functions and Strategies of Self-Annotation in Byron /Miriam Lahrsow -- Chapter 4 Conclusion /Miriam Lahrsow -- Appendix /Miriam Lahrsow -- Works Cited /Miriam Lahrsow -- Index /Miriam Lahrsow.What literary and social functions do self-annotations (i.e. footnotes and endnotes that authors appended to their own works) serve? Focussing on Alexander Pope’s Dunciads and a wide selection of Lord Byron’s poems, Lahrsow shows that literary self-annotations rarely just explain a text. Rather, they multiply meanings and pit different voices against each other. Self-annotations serve to ambiguate the author’s self-presentation as well as the genre, tone, and overall interpretation of a text.The study also examines how notes were employed for ‘social networking’ and how authors used self-annotations to address, and differentiate between, various groups of readerships.Additionally, the volume sheds light on the wider literary and cultural context of self-annotations: How common were they during the long eighteenth century? What conventions governed them? And were they even read? The study hence combines literary analysis with insights into book history and the history of reading.Beiträge zur englischen und amerikanischen Literatur ;Volume 42.paratextsfootnoteseighteenth centuryRomanticismself-commentaryself-presentationThe Dunciadparatextsfootnoteseighteenth centuryRomanticismself-commentaryself-presentationThe Dunciad820.9/00912Lahrsow Miriamaut1427059MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910743399503321The Author as Annotator3559827UNINA