{"product_id":"9781416587330","title":"The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Details,\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Details\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e Carefully researched and highly opinionated, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Details\u003c\/i\u003e affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.","brand":"Touchstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138662449392,"sku":"9781416587330","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416587330_p0.jpg?v=1763727899","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416587330","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}