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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... 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 was written in response to two challenges.
The Evidence of Marginalia H. J. Jackson. PREFACE This book was written in response to two challenges . The first came from Robert Darnton , pondering the difficulties presented by the his- tory of reading . Though some had argued that ...
... response ; to historians of the book ; and to owners or custo- dians of annotated books who might want help in figuring out what's going on in them . Following a broad survey of the reader's world in the Introduction , three chapters ...
... response : if the work did well he would be able to ask for a fee an- other time , and so work up to a volume of his own with his name on it ( Life , 3 : 174 ) . The handsome Poetical Magazine of 1809–11 , published by Ackermann ...
... response to the critics ; wrote twenty chapters ; tinkered with it to the end of his life ; but never published it . The unfinished manuscript , which breaks off in mid- sentence , is in the Lewis Walpole Library associated with Yale ...
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 |