The Art of the Footnote: The Intelligent Student's Guide to the Art and Science of Annotating Texts

by Francis A. Burkle-Young and Saundra Rose Maley

The Art of the Footnote reacquaints students and writers with the footnote as the most effective method for presenting all of the information that is necessary to make every manuscript lucid for every reader. This book shows why footnotes are valuable, even essential, as a part of writing in the context of the scientific and historical methods of research; how easy it is to become thoroughly familiar with the various types of notes and when...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761803475
• ISBN13: 9780761803478
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 168 Pages