Romantic Readers
The Evidence of Marginalia
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 15. July 2005
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-300-10785-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
This period experienced a great increase in readership and a boom in publishing. H. J. Jackson shows how readers used their books for work, for socializing, and for leaving messages to posterity. She draws on the annotations of Blake, Coleridge, Keats, and other celebrities as well as those of little known and unknown writers to discover how people were reading and what this can tell us about literature, social history, and the history of the book.
This period experienced a great increase in readership and a boom in publishing. H. J. Jackson shows how readers used their books for work, for socializing, and for leaving messages to posterity. She draws on the annotations of Blake, Coleridge, Keats, and other celebrities as well as those of little known and unknown writers to discover how people were reading and what this can tell us about literature, social history, and the history of the book.
Reviews / Votes
"I wish I had read this book years ago, when I was setting out to be a scholar of the Romantics. This book's richnesses are manifold. Like its forerunner, Marginalia, this is scholarship of the highest distinction."-Harold Bloom "I am sure that no one knows as much about Romantic marginalia as Jackson; this book will be welcomed by everyone working in the field. It offers a wealth of intriguing material and insight."-William Keach, Brown University "I wish I had read this book years ago, when I was setting out to be a scholar of the Romantics. This book's riches are manifold. Like its forerunner, Marginalia, this is scholarship of the highest distinction."-Harold Bloom -- Harold Bloom "I am sure that no one knows as much about Romantic marginalia as Jackson; this book will be welcomed by everyone working in the field. It offers a wealth of intriguing material and insight."-William Keach, Brown University -- William KeachMore details
Edition
2. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
30 halftone illus.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
771 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-10785-2 (9780300107852)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
10/2008
1st Edition
Yale University Press
€96.95
Available for download
Person
H. J. Jackson is a professor, Department of English, University of Toronto. She has published extensively on Romantic literature, and her book Marginalia was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award in literarty criticism.