false 86832 2 Footnotes have not had it easy. Their dominance of eighteenth- and nineteenth- century literature and scholarship was both hard-won -- following many years of struggle -- and doomed, as it led to belittlement in the twentieth century. In <I>The Devil's Details,</I> Chuck Zerby playfully explores footnotes' long and illustrious history and makes a clarion call to save them from the new world of the Internet and hypertext.<P>In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, <I>The Devil's Details</I> is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates. <P>Carefully researched and highly opinionated, <I>The Devil's Details</I> affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.<P> 83807 2001 The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes total:15|5:4|4:1|3:5|2:3|1:2| 15 47 32 5 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu May 17 08:03:05 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 08:04:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Aug 24 19:26:01 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:26:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 18 10:37:51 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 15 09:57:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 29 10:46:22 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 10:48:51 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Aug 09 16:03:26 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 16:03:26 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 09:28:43 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 09:28:43 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Sep 22 18:27:16 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 09:04:21 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 18:27:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 09:51:40 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 19:07:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 12 10:49:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 10:49:37 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 15:10:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 15:10:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 12 18:10:24 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 18:11:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 12 17:51:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 17:52:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 12 17:51:47 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 17:51:53 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Aug 26 23:55:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 22:04:53 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 23:55:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Mar 28 09:06:10 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 09:06:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 11 22:18:35 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 22:18:35 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 11:38:39 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 11:38:39 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 24 08:17:58 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 20:45:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 01 13:15:04 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 13:15:04 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 27 17:08:23 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 17:08:23 -0800 2008