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 Purley , where suppressed passages in the text are filled in on the au- thority of Kemble's friend Boaden's copy , itself corrected from Tooke's original manuscript . ) So Coleridge's panic , when he introduction 39.
... passages of great beauty . The ladies would have been greatly delighted with it , I dare say , if I had encouraged their admiration ” ( 2:59 ) . But Robinson was also a willing listener . On 27 February 1818 , in an entry that brings ...
... passages that contained matter " new or unknown " to them , for a second reading ; they should detect the writer's faults , make note of them in the margin , and " endeavour to do it better " ( the copy of Watts that I read had a ...
... passages deserving special attention . Besides such routine use , I note a few special cases in the collections of the British Library , special because they were tailored to individuals and happen to have survived , but probably common ...
... passages that show how other classical writers used the same words or phrases , as a way of establishing the meaning of the lines at hand . More daringly , they might venture into other areas of commentary by providing some historical ...
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 |