Romantic Readers: The Evidence of MarginaliaYale University Press, 1 d’oct. 2008 - 384 pàgines When 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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... political history, still less by notions of a swelling spirit of Romanticism, but by history of the book and print culture. I therefore endeavor to set the scene for the investigation of Romantic-period marginalia by describ- ing the ...
... political debate about the value of extended literacy that is implied in these contrary opinions continued throughout the period , but the huge increase of readership was a given , just as it was under- stood that most of the increase ...
... situation and correctly forecast its political and commercial consequences . Middle - class publishers , he said , should and would take over the cause of parliamentary reform from the radical press ( 1 : 343 ) : introduction 3.
... political, or technologi- cal changes (though partly by them) as by competitive commercial activity, especially advertising and reviewing; and that when the boom was over, a somewhat chastened industry started up a new path, court- ing ...
... politics , it is easy to see why they would prefer the smaller market . A large print run means a proportionally larger capital investment and a greater risk than a small one . A small run selling briskly at a high price would finance ...
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1 Mundane Marginalia | 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 |
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