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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... kind or another , and they were not always re- served to the purpose for which they had been intended.58 Paper was precious and owners could be creative . Stationers , who were often re- tail booksellers too , sold blank books for use ...
... kind at the time . The first is a well - worn copy of A Key to Spelling and Introduction to the English Grammar . Designed for the Use of Charity and Sunday - Schools ( 1788 ) . Intended for the children of the poor , this little book ...
... kind of notes . The copy of Magendie's Elementary Compen- dium of Physiology ; for the Use of Students that he bought in 1828 con- tains the record of thoughtful study : some heads , some cross - references to other writers , but also ...
... kind of thing that excited him . At the front of the book he notes , “ Byron is the greatest Poet on Greece since Homer , " and makes a list of Byron's " Greek " poems . At the end of " To Ianthe , " he rhapsodizes , " The Address to ...
... kind : Hudson surveyed existing catalogues and reorganized the data they produced to conform to the Linnaean system . Smith's heavily used copy adds references from authorities not included by Hudson , names and details for plants ...
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 |