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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... Posterity 198 4 The Reading Mind 249 Conclusion 299 Notes 307 Bibliography of Books with Manuscript Notes Bibliography of Secondary Sources 340 Index 353 325 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS z “ Luxury , or the Comforts Contents.
... minds by print than by bayonets.44 In 1765 Trusler devised a scheme for a Literary Society that would enable authors to publish for themselves , free of the London " trade . ” Each member was to pay at least a guinea a year for ...
... mind it may be worth pointing out one practical way in which the market accommodated them — by provid- ing space to write in . Here we have usually to do with traditions maintained , not with innovations . Some kinds of books were ...
... mind active . He urges his readers to keep up the best parts of their schooling , especially reading and drawing , reminding them that books can be had for pennies at a stall and that “ An author is a silent tutor ; one of the cheapest ...
... mind by exercise of its own powers , not to stuff it with the words of others : " Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is thinking makes what we read ours " ( 193 ) . His successor Isaac Watts echoed his ...
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 |