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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... writing of all kinds is designed for communication , the notes that readers wrote in books in a given period might reveal quite a lot about the common codes of reading of that time as well as about the experi- ence of the individual ...
... writers might be expected to prove themselves exceptional readers and to raise the standard in whatever they wrote, even ... writing in books have tended to blind us to the value that marginalia once had and to unfit us for interpreting ...
... 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 being treated as companions , whether as substitutes for or as contributions to human ...
... writers , by which they gain money and distinction . Government cannot prevent the commerce . A man , if he know his business , can write enough for mischief , without writing enough for the Attorney - General . The attack upon the ...
... writing were reflected at less starry levels by the fees paid to anonymous reviewers . In 1796 , for example , the Monthly Magazine was paying Southey five guineas a sheet , but before long he was getting seven pounds from the Annual ...
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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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