Romantic Readers by H J Jackson

Romantic Readers 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 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.

"I wish I had read this book years ago, when I was setting out to be a scholar of the RomanticsThis 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 Keach

H. J. Jackson is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, where she was one of the founders of the graduate program in book history and print culture. She has explored every major research library in the U.S. and spent many happy summer months in the British Library and other collections in the U.K. She lives in Toronto.

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ISBN 13	9780300107852
ISBN 10	0300107854
Title	Romantic Readers
Author	H J Jackson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2005-07-10
Number of pages	384
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