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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... Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jackson, H. J. Romantic readers : the evidence of marginalia ... Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production ...
... Library , Salisbury , 1800 46 zo " The Library of the Royal Institution , " from Ackermann's Microcosm of London ( 1808–10 ) 48 zz The drawing - room of Miss Richardson Currer of Yorkshire , from T. F. Dibdin , Reminiscences ( 1836 ) 50 ...
... library catalogues and , in the case of the British Library , by reference to R. C. Alston's invaluable Books with Manuscript . As it turned out , names could often be put to the notes by comparing the hand of the notes with an ...
... Library ; Richard Landon , in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto ; Guy Holborn , Librarian of Lincoln's Inn ; Robert Brandeis and Carmen Socknat at Victoria College in Toronto ; Stephen Wagner at the ...
... Library ; Gina Douglas , at the Linnean Society ; and Maggie Powell at the Lewis Walpole Library in Farming- ton , Connecticut . And for cheerful , expert support in the final stages , my thanks to Larisa Heimert , Phillip King , and ...
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 |