Shared Reading at a Distance: The Commonplace Books of the Stockton Family, 1812–40

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dc.contributor.author	Watson, Amanda	-
dc.date.accessioned	2017-02-27T21:54:09Z	-
dc.date.available	2017-02-27T21:54:09Z	-
dc.date.issued	2015	-
dc.identifier.citation	Watson, Amanda. “Shared Reading at a Distance: The Commonplace Books of the Stockton Family, 1812–40.” Book History 18.1 (2015): 103–133.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2451/38183	-
dc.description.abstract	This article uses the commonplace books of four members of the Stockton family of New Jersey to examine domestic reading practices in the antebellum United States. Despite separation by various life events, the Stocktons used their commonplace books to build a repository of shared reading materials. By transcribing the same poems, they extended the communal reading that typically took place at home across the dimensions of space and time. Their commonplace books reminded them of earlier shared readings and allowed them to continue reading together. Their collective reading and commonplacing practices may have been more widespread than we realize.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing; Johns Hopkins University Press	en
dc.subject	history of the book; commonplace books; history of reading; poetry; manuscript culture; print culture; United States; 19th century	en
dc.title	Shared Reading at a Distance: The Commonplace Books of the Stockton Family, 1812–40	en
dc.type	Article	en
Appears in Collections:	Amanda Watson's Collection

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