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"[A] sharp study. . . . The thorough research—drawn largely from margin annotations, letters, and journals—impresses, illuminating the dynamic ways an expanding readership made sense of Augustan literature. English scholars will find much to ponder." * Publishers Weekly *
"Reading It Wrong sounds like a book reviewer’s nightmare, but I’ve come to trust the scholar Abigail Williams. . . . By examining letters, diaries and marginalia, Williams demonstrates that those original ‘imperfect readers’ were awash in ‘a particularly acute sense of puzzlement and confusion.’ But this bafflement wasn’t a bug; it was a feature of dynamic and interactive works of literature."---Ron Charles, Washington Post
"[A] brilliantly astute and deeply learned alternative history of early eighteenth-century English literature."---Paul Sabor, Voltaire Foundation
"[A] fine history of readerly misprision."---Thomas Keymer, London Review of Books

Reading It Wrong

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 19 September 2023
      ISBN-13 9780691170688
      978-0691170688
      ISBN-10 0691170681
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "[A] sharp study. . . . The thorough research—drawn largely from margin annotations, letters, and journals—impresses, illuminating the dynamic ways an expanding readership made sense of Augustan literature. English scholars will find much to ponder." * Publishers Weekly *
      "Reading It Wrong sounds like a book reviewer’s nightmare, but I’ve come to trust the scholar Abigail Williams. . . . By examining letters, diaries and marginalia, Williams demonstrates that those original ‘imperfect readers’ were awash in ‘a particularly acute sense of puzzlement and confusion.’ But this bafflement wasn’t a bug; it was a feature of dynamic and interactive works of literature."---Ron Charles, Washington Post
      "[A] brilliantly astute and deeply learned alternative history of early eighteenth-century English literature."---Paul Sabor, Voltaire Foundation
      "[A] fine history of readerly misprision."---Thomas Keymer, London Review of Books

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