'Pruning a genius': marginalia by Richard Dadd.

After falling into mental illness as a young man, the British artist Richard Dadd (1817-86) spent some 20 years as a patient at Bethlem Hospital in London. A rare example of his writings from these years survives in the form of marginalia in a copy of Lectures on Painting and Design by Benjamin Robert Haydon, held in the Morgan Library & Museum in New York. This article presents a transcription of the notes, along with an introduction setting them in the contexts of Dadd's career and his relationship with the senior staff at Bethlem.

Writing in the Margins of Sexual Function Questionnaires: A Qualitative Analysis of Data From Women With Pelvic Floor Disorders.

BACKGROUND: The impact of pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) on female sexual function is not well understood, partly due to difficulties in measurement and evaluation. AIM: We sought to assess how women with PFDs respond to sexual function questionnaires through an analysis of survey marginalia, or the comments written in the margins of fixed-choice surveys. METHODS: 94 women with PFDs completed validated written sexual function questionnaires (Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors survey, Female Sexual Function Index, and the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire, International Urogynecological Association-Revised). Marginalia, or the additions, eliminations, and changes subjects made (by hand) to survey items, were collected. Data were coded and analyzed qualitatively using grounded theory methodology. OUTCOMES: Themes and emergent concepts related to the content of survey marginalia were the primary outcomes of this study. RESULTS: We observed 177 instances of marginalia across all questionnaires. Qualitative analysis revealed 7 preliminary themes and 2 emergent concepts. Preliminary themes included partner-related topics, loss, problems during intercourse, emotional problems, other medical problems, and survey answer choices failing to capture the spectrum of patient experiences. Emergent concepts revealed highly diverse sexual function in this population and a wide range of factors that influence sexual function. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Conducting qualitative studies alongside sexual function questionnaires can allow for a more meaningful assessment of the sexual function of women with various underlying conditions, such as PFDs. STRENGTHS & LIMITATIONS: This is the first study of its kind to analyze survey marginalia from sexual function questionnaires among women with PFDs. The limitations of this study include the inherently spontaneous nature of marginalia data. In addition, the ways in which study participants responded to sexual function questionnaires in our study may not be reflective of all potential subjects. CONCLUSION: Analysis of survey marginalia from sexual function questionnaires amongst women with PFDs revealed new information regarding patients' histories, concerns, and thoughts. Over half of the women in this study felt the need to expand, explain, or eliminate responses from the questionnaires. Many subjects were no longer sexually active, which accounted for a large majority of participants leaving questions blank or responding with "N/A." Standard sexual evaluation tools may fail to capture the complexity, spectrum, and depth and breadth of patient experiences. Parameshwar PS, Borok J, Jung E, et al. Writing in the Margins of Sexual Function Questionnaires: A Qualitative Analysis of Data From Women With Pelvic Floor Disorders. J Sex Med 2020;17:1705-1714.

Aspectos da marginália de Mário de Andrade na poesia do romantismo brasileiro / The "Poemas da Negra", a reading against the grain of the "poetry of the lord of the mill"

RESUMO A marginália de Mário de Andrade nos títulos de poesia do romantismo brasileiro traça a encruzilhada de projetos: o Dicionário musical, Zoofonia, Na pancada do ganzá, Gramatiquinha da fala brasileira, O sequestro da dona ausente. O propósito aqui é articular a notícia que a marginália traz daqueles projetos à concepção psicológica de poesia que autoriza o autor de Macunaíma a assumir o lirismo romântico como expressão autêntica, mesmo que problemática, da matéria brasileira.

ABSTRACT Mário de Andrade's marginalia on Brazilian Romantic poetry represent some of his key projects: Dicionário musical, Zoofonia, Na pancada do ganzá, Gramatiquinha da fala brasileira, O sequestro da dona ausente. The purpose here is to articulate his marginal notes, informative as they are about such projects, with his psychological conception of poetry, which allows him to embrace Romantic lyricism as an authentic expression, even if problematic, of the Brazilian matter.