Romantic Readers: The Evidence of Marginalia

by H.J. Jackson

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300107854
• ISBN13: 9780300107852
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"