Talk:Gift book
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Parody-s
As with any fad, parody's follow...this is one of the ones published in the "Illustrated London News". 1842, vol. 1, page 521. The origional poem (in the Book of Beauty I'll put on later).
- Parody:
"The book of beauty." My pretty blue belle - I am going to tell of the beautiful book which you edit so well, with your sweet face on the frontispiece dear, and you pen in your mouth, love, instead of your ear! who would not be a goose now-to have such a quill for your red lips to hold so remarkable still; with ink like your spirit - uncommonly blue, and a feather to fly with - though not, love from you! your eyes shed such light on your beautiful phiz, that at last your wise owl has a twinkle in his ; your're a queen-fair advised by the sagest of sages, with a book in whose prison you shut up your pages. most sublime in your looks-lady editor-when you are having resort like a sheep-to your pen and your book may be grand-but in your I behold the true Book of Beauty that I long to fold.
Sources
Here are some sources I came across in my reading about Mary Shelley that might help you out:
- Renier, Anne. Friendship's Offering. London: Private Libraries Association, 1964.
- Jamieson, Eleanore. English Embossed Bindings 1825-1850. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972.
- Manning, Peter. "Wordsworth in the Keepsake, 1829". Literature in the Marketplace. Eds. John O. Jordan and Robert L. Patten. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
- Hoagwood, Terence and Ledbetter, Kathryn. "L.E.L.'s Verses and the Keepsake for 1829". Romantic Circles
- Sussman, Charlotte. "Stories for the Keepsake". The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley. Ed. Esther Schor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
I hope these are helpful. Awadewit (talk) 18:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- Check also more recent articles by Katherine D. Harris, Margaret Linley, Kitty Ledbetter, Paula Feldman, Terence Hoagwood.
- See also the wiki entry for literary annual. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.65.108.218 (talk) 03:32, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Organization
The introduction of this article gives examples and history of the gift book but does not define what a gift book is. I read the first few sentences of this article and still didn't know what a gift book was. Conversely, a gift book is defined in the Editors section even though the definition has nothing to do with editors. I am going to move a statement or two to make this flow more logically. Somebody let me know if they approve upon reading my updates. Thanks.MorbidAnatomy (talk) 00:32, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Not all gift books are literary annuals. This article doesn't touch upon the massive amount of research done recently. I'll add information on the definition of a literary annual in its own entry. (Thanks -- Katherine D. Harris) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.65.108.218 (talk) 03:34, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- I wouldn't jump on starting a new article just yet. Maybe it would help if you weren't so vague - what is this article missing, for example? Keep in mind the article is very young and didn't exist about a year ago so there's plenty of room for growth. I'm sure you're also aware of all our Wikipolicies, including conflict of interest? --Midnightdreary (talk) 03:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)