Romantic Marginality

'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

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Reading from the Margins; Chapter 1a Contesting the Jupien Effect: Annotation in the Eighteenth Century; Chapter 2 The Author in the Margins: Annotation as Site of Conflict; Chapter 3 Margins and Marginality: Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent (1800) and Sydney Owenson's the Wild Irish Girl (1806); Chapter 4 The Imperial Collection: Robert Southey's Thalaba the Destroyer: A Metrical Romance (1801); Chapter 5 The Margins of the Nation: Robert Burns's Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786) and Walter Scott's Waverley (1814); Chapter 6 Byron's Errantry: Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse's Annotation for Cantos I, II and IV of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1811'”16); Chapter 7 Conclusion: Romantic Marginality and beyond;