![]() ![]() Gardner is the exquisite exception, for he deserves credit for establishing the "annotated text" as we know it today. ![]() The most we can credit individuals with is significantly adding to or altering the course of the genre. Seldom can we point to an artist or team who first popularized the form. The novel, the serious play, the narrative poem, the opera, the musical, painting in oils or watercolors-no one person can claim actually to have established the genre. As we know so well, genres normally evolve rather than appear in an instant. It is a remarkable accomplishment, for with the publication in 1960 of the first Annotated Alice, Gardner established a new genre of literature. The annotated text à la Martin Gardner is different in that it ranges through multiple disciplines and takes the world for its oyster. But those that have come to us through the ages have consistently been narrowly restricted to single disciplines, to theological, philosophical, or other specialized commentaries. Marginal commentaries of texts are not new they have been with us for centuries, particularly commentaries on the Bible. The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition, Introduction and Notes by Martin Gardner pp. Book Review The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition ![]() In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: ![]()
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