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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... reasons . He kept his copyrights only because he could not get what he considered a fair price from another publisher . He thought copyrights were more trouble than they were worth : " if a Writer cannot sell his first manuscript as ...
... Reason . 6. On the Formation of the Earth . 7. On the Paffions . 8. On Cruelty to Animals . 9. On Female Difcretion . 10. On the Loss of the Soul . 11. Honesty is the best Policy . 12. The Importance and Duty of a Farmer's Life . With A ...
... Reason , went through seven editions in its year of publication ( 1796 ) , the fourth and following editions being published cheaply to ensure wide distribu- tion . It cost only one shilling , for a work of about 200 pages , and was ...
... reason ( particularly his own ) as superior to them . ” This renegade reader , however , was soon contra- dicted by another , and I wonder whether the second recognized the handwriting of the first : " A very sensible book well worth ...
... reason to question them.1 Many readers therefore acquired the habit of writing in books early and extended it to books not assigned by teachers . It must have felt like a natural thing to do . Humanist educa- tional theory encouraged ...
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 |