Romantic readers
Subtitle: the evidence of marginalia
By: H.J. Jackson.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Marginalia.; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Romanticism -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Description: In 'Romantic Readers' the author explores the reading practices of the Romantic Age through the analysis of some 2,000 books annotated by British readers between 1790 and 1830.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mundane marginalia; title: Socializing with books; title: Custodians to posterity; title: The reading mind.