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A book dedication can provide a fascinating glimpse into the life and times of the author. [2] For example, Lord Byron (1788–1824) engaged in a famous feud with Robert Southey, who was then England's Poet Laureate.
The author may add a short message to the reader, called a dedication, to each book, which may be personalized with the recipient's name upon request. A simple author's signature without a dedication is typically more valuable to collectors (exceptions include inscriptions to persons of note, e.g., from Hemingway to Fitzgerald , or to persons ...
Consider the apocryphal book dedication below: [34] To my parents, Mother Teresa and the pope. There is ambiguity about the writer's parentage as "Mother Teresa and the pope" can be read as a renaming of [ 35 ] my parents , leading the reader to believe that the writer claims that Mother Teresa and the pope are their parents.
Paratext is most often associated with books, as they typically include a cover (with associated cover art), title, front matter (dedication, opening information, foreword, epigraph), back matter (endpapers, indexes, and colophons) footnotes, and many other materials not crafted by the author. Other editorial decisions can also fall into the ...
The book's dedication reads "Sixty Million and more", referring to the Africans and their descendants who died as a result of the Atlantic slave trade. [5] The book's epigraph is from Romans 9:25 (King James Bible): "I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved."
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. American professor and activist For the American baseball pitcher, see Bill Ayers (baseball). For the Catholic priest, radio host, and hunger activist, see Bill Ayres. Bill Ayers Ayers in 2012 Born William Charles Ayers (1944-12-26) December 26, 1944 (age 80) Glen Ellyn, Illinois, U.S ...
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A presentation miniature or dedication miniature is a miniature painting often found in illuminated manuscripts, in which the patron or donor is presented with a book, normally to be interpreted as the book containing the miniature itself. [1] The miniature is thus symbolic, and presumably represents an event in the future.