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The Footnote / Anthony Grafton : a curious history

By: Grafton, AnthonyContributor(s): Grafton, AnthonyMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :Shankar Books Agency Pvt. Ltd | :103, Munish Plaza 20 Ansari road Darya Ganj New DelhiPublication details: Cambridge,. :Harvard University Press, 1997Description: xi, 241 pages ; 22 cmISBN: 9780674902152Subject(s): History | History & geography | Education, research, related topics of history | Bibliographical citations | Notapparat | Redigeringsteknik -- Historia -- FotnotGenre/Form: GeschichteDDC classification: 907.2 GRA

Contents:

Footnotes : the origin of a species -- Ranke : a footnote about scientific history -- How the historian found his muse : Ranke's path to the footnote -- Footnotes and philosophie : an enlightenment interlude -- Back to the future, 1 : de thou documents the details -- Back to the future, 2 : the antlike industry of ecclesiastical historians and antiquaries -- Clarity and distinctness in the abysses of erudition : the cartesian origins of the modern footnote -- Epilogue : some concluding footnotes.

Summary: In Anthony Grafton's engrossing account, footnotes to history give way to footnotes as history, recounting in their subtle way the curious story of the progress of knowledge in written form.

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Footnotes : the origin of a species --
Ranke : a footnote about scientific history --
How the historian found his muse : Ranke's path to the footnote --
Footnotes and philosophie : an enlightenment interlude --
Back to the future, 1 : de thou documents the details --
Back to the future, 2 : the antlike industry of ecclesiastical historians and antiquaries --
Clarity and distinctness in the abysses of erudition : the cartesian origins of the modern footnote --
Epilogue : some concluding footnotes.

In Anthony Grafton's engrossing account, footnotes to history give way to footnotes as history, recounting in their subtle way the curious story of the progress of knowledge in written form.

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