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This work is a new edition of Thomas Jefferson's literary commonplace book, a notebook of his literary and philosophical reading. Unlike the only previous edition, published in 1928, it contains full annotation, pertinent information on the authors and works commonplaced, and a rationale for dating the entries. Thus it is now possible to show that



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*FOREWORD, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*EDITORIAL APPARATUS, pg. xvii*SYMBOLS AND SHORT TITLES OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED, pg. xix*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*THE LITERARY COMMONPLACE BOOK, pg. 21*REGISTER OF AUTHORS, pg. 155*A. The Handwriting of the Literary Commonplace Book, pg. 191*B. A Descriptive Analysis of the Manuscript, pg. 208*C. Non-Jefferson Entries, pg. 217*D. Tables, pg. 227*INDEX, pg. 233

Jeffersons Literary Commonplace Book

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691607504
      978-0691607504
      ISBN-10 0691607508

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This work is a new edition of Thomas Jefferson's literary commonplace book, a notebook of his literary and philosophical reading. Unlike the only previous edition, published in 1928, it contains full annotation, pertinent information on the authors and works commonplaced, and a rationale for dating the entries. Thus it is now possible to show that



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*FOREWORD, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*EDITORIAL APPARATUS, pg. xvii*SYMBOLS AND SHORT TITLES OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED, pg. xix*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*THE LITERARY COMMONPLACE BOOK, pg. 21*REGISTER OF AUTHORS, pg. 155*A. The Handwriting of the Literary Commonplace Book, pg. 191*B. A Descriptive Analysis of the Manuscript, pg. 208*C. Non-Jefferson Entries, pg. 217*D. Tables, pg. 227*INDEX, pg. 233

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