Adorno’s texts were layered redrafts in which typing was repeatedly overwritten by hand.

Evidence

For his writing, Adorno constantly made notes in a little notebook he carried with him at all times. He then dictated from the notes. The pages were typed with double-spacing and wide margins on all sidesoften in incomplete sentences. He then revised the typed pages, sometimes until none of the typed material was left and everything had been replaced with handwriting. This process was repeated sometimes up to four times. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 632

Categorization

• SHARE: Perfect for someone who obsesses over how favorite philosophers actually composed — the notebook-dictate-revise fourfold loop.
• XREF: connects to: Adorno drafted books through notes, dictation, and up to four revisions — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2524
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adorno drafted books through notes, dictation, and up to four revisions — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2524