1. The simplest definition of hypertext is Theodore Nelson’s “nonsequential writing” (Literary Machines [Sausalito, CA: Mindful, 1990], sec. 5,2).
2. This revaluation of Dickinson studies was sparked by the great facsimile edition of the poet’s original fascicles, edited by R. W Franklin, The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson. Since then the work of Susan Howe and her students has been only slightly less significant, especially the edition of Dickinson’s fragments edited by Marta Werner (Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 2000) and the essay by Jeanne Holland, “Scraps, Stamps, and Cutouts.” Howe’s seminal essay is indispensable: “These Flames and Generosities of the Heart.” See also Paula Bennett, “By a Mouth that Cannot Speak: Spectral Presence in Emily Dickinson’s Letters,” The Emily Dickinson Journal 1 (1992): 76–99
3. See Andrew Boyle, An Index to the Annuals, vol. I (vol. II never printed) (London: privately printed by Andrew Boyle, 1967)
4. F. W. Faxon, Literary Annuals and Gift Books: A Bibliography 1823—1903 (1912, reprinted Boston: Pinner, Private Libraries Assoc, 1973)
5. Anne Renier, Friendship’s Offering. An Essay on the Annuals and Gift Books of the 19th Century (London: Private Libraries Assoc, 1964)