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 to give Longman a chance : “ Go to one of his Saturday evenings ; you will see a coxcomb or two , and a dull fellow or two ; but you will , perhaps , meet Turner or Duppa , and Duppa is worth know- ing " ( Life , 2 : 268 ) ...
... Coleridge tried with limited success to run his own periodicals , The Watchman in 1796 and The Friend in 1809–10 . The numbers of new journals every year show that he was one of many . Another option available to those who could not ...
... Coleridge's " Christabel " acquired a reputation years before it was printed , thanks to Coleridge's recitations and to the " wide circula- tion " of copies in manuscript.39 As a schoolboy , Coleridge by his own account made “ more than ...
... Coleridge , Wordsworth , and Southey read , and Chalmers's set in 21 volumes ( 1810 ) . The point is that new versions were constantly appearing and finding a market , without entirely displacing the old . The quantity of printed matter ...
... Coleridge waggishly put it , of the owner . 59 Old books were also provided for — through retail booksellers and hawkers , who carried secondhand goods along with the new ; through auctions and library sales , which were advertised in ...
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 |