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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... find samples in the one they had . But it was not good for authors and holders of copyright , who were not paid for the use of their mate- rial and had no control over context or cutting , and it induced a piece- meal approach in ...
... find it convenient to create a rough - and - ready index , if the book did not come with one ; and they might make " remarks " about the faults and beauties observed along the way ( 74 , 78 , 80 , 81-82 ) . Other things also of the like ...
... find the qualities of the housekeeper , and the virtues of the spaniel " ( 2 : 252 ) . In their advice on the use of books in the family , Maria Edgeworth and her father also stress the importance of understanding over memorization and ...
... find further instances : " Drew , few , grew , knew , mew , new , pew , screw , two [ sic ] , view . " Further on , facing p . 17 he or she notes , These faults must be corrected . All knows you cares not for me . All know you care I ...
... find from books and manuscripts to which he had temporary access ; but one who had several copies , as Burney did , might never settle on one to be the sole repository of learning on that author . As far as I can see , Burney's original ...
Contents
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60 | |
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 |