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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... maintains that the Monthly and Critical between them “ stimulated a fourfold increase in British book publication by the end of the century . " 20 By 1817 Southey was able to boast that the print run of the. 12 introduction.
... critical analysis and bringing particular publications to their notice . But at a certain point we have to invoke the wild card of fashion which — its restless dependence on novelty coinciding with a failing economy— may be enough to ...
... critical and historical studies ; it cannot be too often . stressed that reading aloud was still pervasive in that society.88 In the family , at school , at church , and at work , some read while others lis- tened . William Chambers ...
... critical self- confidence : “ When young people have established their character for truth and exact integrity , they should be entirely trusted with books as with every thing else . A slight pencil line at the side of the page will ...
... critical appraisal . A British Library copy of the Syllabus of Lectures on Mineralogy ( 1794 ) by G. Schmeisser , for instance , contains detailed notes , including diagrams , from the beginning of the course when the lecturer described ...
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 |