
Literary Blunders
A Chapter in the History of Human Error
Henry Benjamin Wheatley(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 9. August 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-1-108-05199-6 (ISBN)
Description
Delight in other people's errors never dates, and this little book, first published in 1893, is a fount of human folly and a joy to read. Its compiler, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838-1917), was a distinguished librarian, bibliographer and scholar, and a prolific author on London history and the history of books. This publication displays his great sense of humour, and his effortless command of far-flung sources in the search for a good joke. Citing examples from historians to misguided schoolboys, as well as from everyday conversation, Wheatley looks at comic misprints, misunderstandings, and garbled English in foreign parts. However, the book also has a more serious contribution to make: the chapter on printed errata makes use of the earliest evidence of proof correction by authors, and the analysis of misprints in early printing shows how many variant readings in the works of Shakespeare came about.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
10 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-05199-6 (9781108051996)
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Content
Preface; 1. Blunders in general; 2. Blunders of authors; 3. Blunders of translators; 4. Bibliographical blunders; 5. Lists of errata; 6. Misprints; 7. Schoolboys' blunders; 8. Foreigners' English; Index.