The Incompleat Editor Polishes Passages from Louisa May Alcott's LITTLEWOMEN
Curious Pursuits Press
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A miniature book constructed from an accordian-folded sheet printed with text from a chapter of Little Women, with corrections and amendations by the artist in green ink. First and final leaves of sheet adhered to decorative paper-covered boards. Book has a tie enclosure with glass bead accents on linen thread, which wrap around a metal brad enclosure. A small wood rod shaped to resemble a pencil is adhered to front cover.
"The Incompleat Editor is a persona, an overzealous neophyte who allows me to take a tongue-in-cheek look at copyeditors' and line editors' self-assured drive to 'improve' others' writing. I enjoy playing with this persona because for thirty years I've had to hold in check the 'improvement imperative' while editing nonfiction books for various publishers. The Incompleat Editor's suggestions are also reminders that each writer's unique voice must be honored as the very heart of any literary work, and in this case it is Louisa May Alcott to whom I must apologize for the editor's brash insensitivity. As noted in the book's introduction, this is the first edition in a planned series of Incompleat Editor miniature books using text from selected literary classics with 'little' or a similar word in the title. The tiny pencil on the cover represents my many years of editing with colored pencils on hard copy, plus its a nod to my ongoing delight in the visual rhythms of editors'/proofreaders' marks, now almost obsolete"--Artist statement from Sharon Sharp, from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers sales catalog, viewed October 15, 2015.
"Little Women chapter 1 excerpts obtained through Google's Project Gutenberg"--Title page verso.
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A miniature book constructed from an accordian-folded sheet printed with text from a chapter of Little Women, with corrections and amendations by the artist in green ink. First and final leaves of sheet adhered to decorative paper-covered boards. Book has a tie enclosure with glass bead accents on linen thread, which wrap around a metal brad enclosure. A small wood rod shaped to resemble a pencil is adhered to front cover.
"The Incompleat Editor is a persona, an overzealous neophyte who allows me to take a tongue-in-cheek look at copyeditors' and line editors' self-assured drive to 'improve' others' writing. I enjoy playing with this persona because for thirty years I've had to hold in check the 'improvement imperative' while editing nonfiction books for various publishers. The Incompleat Editor's suggestions are also reminders that each writer's unique voice must be honored as the very heart of any literary work, and in this case it is Louisa May Alcott to whom I must apologize for the editor's brash insensitivity. As noted in the book's introduction, this is the first edition in a planned series of Incompleat Editor miniature books using text from selected literary classics with 'little' or a similar word in the title. The tiny pencil on the cover represents my many years of editing with colored pencils on hard copy, plus its a nod to my ongoing delight in the visual rhythms of editors'/proofreaders' marks, now almost obsolete"--Artist statement from Sharon Sharp, from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers sales catalog, viewed October 15, 2015.
"Little Women chapter 1 excerpts obtained through Google's Project Gutenberg"--Title page verso.
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