Catch-words
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Author
Publication
2018 - information as material, York, England, England
Language
English
Word Count
35,750 words, Guess
Page Count
143 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101907468293
- ISBN-139781907468292
- OCLC Control Number1029658743
- Open LibraryOL44393746M
Classifications
- DDC686.2
- LCCZ242.P37 N33 2018
Alternate Titles
- Catchwords
Description
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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