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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... present order of things will go on ; and , unfortunately , the gentlemen of the people have a strong case against the House of Commons and the borough- mongers , as they call them . I think all wise men should begin to turn their faces ...
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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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