| Edition |
[Revised edition]. |
| Description |
xi, 241 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Original English ms. version was translated into German and published under title: Die tragischen Ursprünge der deutschen Fussnote (Berlin, 1995); this is a revision of the original English version. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Footnotes: The Origin of a Species -- 2. Ranke: A Footnote about Scientific History -- 3. How the Historian Found His Muse: Ranke's Path to the Footnote -- 4. Footnotes and Philosophie: An Enlightenment Interlude -- 5. Back to the Future, 1: De Thou Documents the Details -- 6. Back to the Future, 2: The Antlike Industry of Ecclesiastical Historians and Antiquaries -- 7. Clarity and Distinctness in the Abysses of Erudition: The Cartesian Origins of the Modern Footnote -- Epilogue: Some Concluding Footnotes. |
| Subject |
Bibliographical citations.
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| ISBN |
0674902157 alkaline paper |
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9780674902152 alkaline paper |
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0674307607 |
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9780674307605 |
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