Jefferson's Literary Commonplace Book: (Princeton Legacy Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691047200 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In addition to the text and annotation, the book contains a register of authors and an illustrated essay on Jefferson's handwriting that provides the rationale for assigning approximate dates to the entries of the commonplace book.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. This work is a new edition of Thomas Jefferson's literary commonplace book, a notebook of his literary and philosophical reading. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. Thus it is now possible to show that most of the four hundred seven passages were entered when Jefferson was a young man, between the ages of fifteen and thirty. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.. In the introduction the editor presents reasons for thinking that the commonplace book was more to Jefferson than a literary sampler and was in some respects a deeply personal notebook with direct connections to the emotional events and preoccupations of his formative years. As such, they reflect the range of his literary interests from his school days to about the time of his marriage and involvement in politics.A
A superb edition of an interesting document Jean-Francois Virey Published as part of the *Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series*, *Jefferson's Literary Commonplace Book* is the definitive edition of a collection of about four hundred quotations Jefferson gathered from his more literary readings during his student years. It represents. Theseus said A Fine Edition of an Important Work. Another reviewer has already done an admirable job of placing this book within our understanding of Thomas Jefferson as a man and, more broadly, within the 18th century history of letters.This review is nitty-gritty about the bookHardback: dark grey cloth over boards with go