Book Traces: Nineteenth-Century Readers and the Future of the Library

Andrew M. Stauffer

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2021

Book Traces

Nineteenth-Century Readers and the Future of the Library

Andrew M. Stauffer

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https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812297492

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About this book

In Book Traces, Andrew M. Stauffer reads nineteenth-century poetry through the clues and objects earlier readers left behind in their books and defends the value of the physical, circulating collections of nineteenth-century volumes in academic libraries.

Author / Editor information

Andrew M. Stauffer is Associate Professor of English at University of Virginia.

Reviews

"This is a beautiful, elegant work: an intimate journey into the poetry of nineteenth-century readers' lives and books and an eloquent defense of libraries and the humanities."—Michael C. Cohen, author of The Social Lives of Poems in Nineteenth-Century America

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 1 Images in Lava Felicia Hemans, Sentiment, and Annotation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
CHAPTER 2 Gardens of Verse Botanical Souvenirs and Lyric Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
CHAPTER 3 Time Machines Poetry, Memory, and the Date- Marked Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
CHAPTER 4 Velveteen Rabbits Sentiment and the Transfiguration of Books Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
CHAPTER 5 Postcard from the Volcano On the Future of Library Print Collections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Envoi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 36 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: February 5, 2021
ISBN: 9780812297492