ReNoted: Marginalia, or 5 Ways to Write in Your Books
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ReNoted: Marginalia, or 5 Ways to Write in Your Books
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) is among history’s greatest marginalians—he left behind over 8,000 notes in around 700 volumes.1 It makes sense, then, that he courted women via marginalia. Here, he annotates a text for Sarah Hutchinson. The object of Coleridge’s affection happened to be his best friend’s sister-in-law. Also, Coleridge was marri... See more
ReNoted: Marginalia, or 5 Ways to Write in Your Books
I also put checkmarks next to sentences or concepts that pique my interest, but a question hasn’t yet formed. Two checkmarks mean my interest is really piqued, three checkmarks mean my interest is off the charts. A star indicates this is key to the interview even if the question isn’t yet there. Two or three stars mean YES! YES! YES!
ReNoted: Marginalia, or 5 Ways to Write in Your Books
⦿ points out a profound or at least solid and judicious observation;
= signifies that the sentence or passage in a line with it contains majesty of conception or style;
|| signifies sublimity;
✖︎ brilliance or ingenuity;
Q signifies characteristic quaintness;
F , that it contains an error in fact or philosophy.