Good commented editions
lainchan / lit

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Cutter · 2021-12-22 14:40

I'm eternally looking for good, well-printed, well-bound, annotated
editions of English language classics and especially American
literature.

I've found 2 (Wordsworth classics doesn't qualify though I like them)
:
Norton critical edition
Library of America

Which one do you recommend?

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Hong, Guil Dong · 2022-05-08 13:59

Norton critical editions are very good but the pages are usually very
thin. Oxford world's classics are also good editions and have thicker
pages.

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Chan Siu Ming · 2022-09-06 10:42

I found two: The Annotated Alice (in Wonderland) and the Annotated
Flatland by Ian Stewart.

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Dujour · 2022-09-06 11:29

Eh? Are commented editions a thing? I thought you were just suppose to
read the stuff other people have scribbled into the margins of books

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Hiro Protagonist · 2022-09-07 08:37

>>8132
Seconding The Annotated Alice. There's more to those two books than
one might guess, including subtle references to three dimensional
geometry and the use of numbers beyond base ten.

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Splicer · 2022-09-07 08:56

If you read an annotated version before reading through it yourself I
do not consider you to be human.

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Lady 3Jane.. · 2022-09-07 09:08

>>8135
Have you considered that something written in an era and country not
your own might use terminology you aren't familiar with or reference
long forgotten current events?