1. Great moments in the history of footnoting, a series.https://twitter.com/KaraSchlichting/status/1126489858023854080 …
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6. Great moments in the history of footnotes: Fredric Jameson's Marxism & Form (1971) has a footnote that is similar in effect to Kenner, ibid. I think deliberately so since Jameson reviewed Kenner in Bucknell Review, 18(1) (Spring, 1970) 63–80.pic.twitter.com/7sHrswnO44
7. Great moments in the history of footnotes: C.L.R. James in Black Jacobins in subsequent edition of Black Jacobins reminding readers he foresaw World War II.https://twitter.com/p_a_mcg/status/1162722757861359616 …
8. Great moments in the history of footnotes, con't.https://twitter.com/hashtagoras/status/644532325632606208 …
9. Great moments in the history of footnotes, con'thttps://twitter.com/milnerwords/status/1292929527262449670 …
10. Great moments in the history of footnotes, con't.https://twitter.com/Irizaurus/status/1315001175620677634 …
11. Great moments in the history of footnotes, con't.https://twitter.com/caz_vancouver/status/1315011570196455426 …
Then there's The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien where a substantial part of the novel is in the footnotes, which can go on for pages.
Flann O'Brien too easy?
This elegantly explains why no audiobook of Terry Pratchett can ever preserve the comedic timing of his footnotes, which are good
I have some weird memory of Peter Cooke in the radio version of the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy managing this beautifully, or at least finding the sorts of inflections that would perfectly communicate the transition to a footnote and back. =/
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