Romantic Readers: The Evidence of MarginaliaWhen readers jot down notes in their books, they reveal something of themselves—what they believe, what amuses or annoys them, what they have read before. But a close examination of marginalia also discloses diverse and fascinating details about the time in which they are written. This book explores reading practices in the Romantic Age through an analysis of some 2,000 books annotated by British readers between 1790 and 1830. |
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... pamphlets were selling by then , as we tune in to 24- hour news stations at times of crisis now . ) But the argument that politi- cal events should arouse interest in the first place and kill it off later does not make much sense , and ...
... pamphlet adapting that scheme as an urban project for Bristol . With a few changes to the text , he pointed out , the same plan could be put to Birmingham and Manchester , thus tripling the sale with very little effort . They could ...
... have had a sideline in tobacco.36 And he was the author of a pamphlet about circulating librar- ies , a poem for children called The Battle of the Boys and the Flies , a short history of Bromley, Anecdotes, Moral . . . and introduction 19.
... pamphlets such as Nicholas Tomlinson's Vindication of the Conduct of an Old Injured Naval Officer ( 1800 ) and Mrs. M.W.'s Narrative of Insidious Transactions practised towards a Gentleman in the Army ( 1806 ) . If you were penniless ...
... pamphlets by mail to every household in Britain , arguing that it was better to change people's minds by print than by bayonets.44 In 1765 Trusler devised a scheme for a Literary Society that would enable authors to publish for ...
Contents
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2 Socializing with Books | 121 |
3 Custodians to Posterity | 198 |
4 The Reading Mind | 249 |
Conclusion | 299 |
Notes | 307 |
Bibliography of Books with Manuscript Notes | 325 |
Bibliography of Secondary Sources | 340 |
Index | 353 |