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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... Coleridge and a predecessor in Webster's Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft ( 1677 ) 275 29 Notes by John Thelwall in Coleridge's Biographia Literaria ( 1817 ) 293 30 Robert Darnton , “ The Communications Circuit " 302 PREFACE This book ...
... Coleridge's, but it still contains a healthy number of exam- ples of work by the likes of Horace Walpole, Hester Piozzi, William Blake, Leigh Hunt, John Thelwall, and John Keats. These gifted writers might be expected to prove ...
... Coleridge's journalism at the time , was the source of all the newspaper evidence and many of the illustrations from periodicals , correspondence , and mem- oirs . ) To several friends , students , and colleagues I am indebted for ...
... Coleridge merely grumbled about the dumbing - down of literature and the decline of studious reading , fears of a working - class rebellion fueled by the likes of Tom Paine and William Cobbett led the government to respond with taxes ...
... Coleridge was perhaps typical of his kind in not knowing quite what to do but being ready to try almost anything , as as his correspondence with successive publishers shows . In 1796 , for instance , he was taken with a scheme of Count ...
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 |