Book Chapter

A "Quaint Corner" of the Reading Nation: Romantic readerships in rural Perthshire, 1780-1830

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Citation

Halsey K (2018) A "Quaint Corner" of the Reading Nation: Romantic readerships in rural Perthshire, 1780-1830. In: Roberts K & Towsey M (eds.) Before the Public Library: Reading, Community and Identity in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850. Library of the Written Word, 61. Leiden: Brill, pp. 218-235. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004348677_011

Abstract
The chapter discusses Romantic-period reading and book borrowing in rural Perthshire, using the borrowers' records of Innerpeffray Library, Crieff, as a case study.

Keywords
history of reading; history of libraries; Romanticism; Enlightenment; readers; history of the book

StatusPublished
Title of seriesLibrary of the Written Word
Number in series61
Publication date31/12/2018
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/24219
PublisherBrill
Place of publicationLeiden
ISSN of series1874-4834
ISBN9789004348660
eISBN9789004348677

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People

Professor Katherine Halsey

Professor Katherine Halsey

Professor, English Studies