Romantic Marginality

Nation and Empire on the Borders of the Page

By: Alex Watson

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Hardcover | 1 April 2012 | Edition Number 1

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This is the first critical study of Romantic-era annotation or marginalia - footnotes, endnotes, glossaries - which formed a vital site of literary interaction. Texts of this period were often marked by an abundance of ethnographic, linguistic and anthropological details about the people that the emerging British nation-state was seeking to absorb. Watson argues that writers tried to marginalize forms of political and regional identity that conflicted with the interests of the nation-state by locating them on the borders of the page. Using Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads, Watson demonstrates that such paratexts were a pivotal site of political and colonial division in Romantic-period literature. Examining the work of key figures including Maria Edgeworth, Robert Southey and Walter Scott, the study will be important to scholars of Romanticism, the history of the book and post-colonial theory.

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'improves our understanding of the role of annotation in the literature of the Romantic period ... [and] lays foundations for further studies devoted to the subject of the relations between print and national and colonial discourse.' The BARS Review 'the first full-length study of Romantic-period annotation practices... an extremely useful and scholarly production, full of valuable close readings and larger ideas.' European Romantic Review 'This is the first critical study entirely devoted to annotation in Romantic literature. It's a brilliant achievement, inviting us to view Romanticism (quite literally) from the margins. Watson enriches our reading of a wide range of texts from the period, and also casts new light on the relationship between authorship, colonialism and nationalism' Nigel Leask, University of Glasgow 'a considerable and welcome addition to Romantic studies' -- Tom Williams Times Literary Supplement

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