commonplace books
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Roland Allen. The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper.
Allen’s book offers an engaging and well-written overview of the notebook-as-object, notebook-as-container, and notebook-as-tool for critical thinking and intellectual advancement.
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Scrapbooks as Literary Documents
The scrapbook has a well-established place within the history of the book that spans from early modern commonplace books to the digital layouts of today. These often overlooked textual objects…
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Caroline Wigginton. In the Neighborhood: Women’s Publication in Early America
Caroline Wigginton. In the Neighborhood: Women’s Publication in Early America. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2016. 240p., ill. ISBN 9781625342225. US$ 25.9 In August 1749, Creek diplomat and trader Mary…
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Christopher N. Warren, Literature and the Law of Nations, 1580-1680
Christopher N. Warren. Literature and the Law of Nations, 1580-1680. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. viii, 286p., ill. ISBN 9780198719342. US $99.00 (hardcover). As Christopher Warren amply demonstrates in his…
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Natasha Moore. Victorian Connections: The Literary and Artistic Circles of William and Helen Allingham from the Collections of Grolier Club Members
Natasha Moore. Victorian Connections: The Literary and Artistic Circles of William and Helen Allingham from the Collections of Grolier Club Members. New York: The Grolier Club, 2015. Distributed by Oak…