From Commonplace Book to Rhyming Dictionary to Beauty

Authors

  • Laura Mandell Miami University

Keywords:

poetry, 18th-century literature, 19th-century literature, literary history, popular literature, digital humanities, mediation, book history, print history, visual media,

Abstract

This essay describes how the printed book of exceptional poetry excerpts evolved from manuscript and printed commonplace books and dictionaries containing citations.

Author Biography

Laura Mandell, Miami University

Professor of English Literature, Director of 18thConnect, Associate Director of NINES, General Editor of the Poetess Archive

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Published

2011-03-08