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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... of marginalia included . Finally I added about 700 books annotated by celebrities , people whose names guaranteed attention to their relics , whether they were recognized during their lifetimes or not. The scale and xii preface.
... included because it represents a part of the continuum of the practice of readers writing in books — it's part of the whole picture— and because there are some surprises in the midst of dull routine . The second chapter shows books ...
... included in parentheses in the text or given in notes , are keyed to two bibliogra- phies at the back of the book . In a variation of the standard MLA system , very brief references are incorporated in the text but longer ones as well ...
... economic pattern , but only up to a point . The period of expansion and prosperity had included substantial investment in the infrastructures of publishing . Twyman notes that toward the end of the eighteenth century introduction 13.
... included gold and silver toothpicks, wall- papers, and (because he sold music) violin strings.≥π By diversifying more or less within the bounds of the printing trades, small businesses like these contrived to make a living. Writers ...
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 |