Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Study Structure

So it's about time that I start tacking that third study. Here's a tentative outline (you have to start somewhere).

- Introduce the books.
- Introduce the hard part i.e., finding the reader.
- Adopt Darnton's model.
- Provide some explanation of reader studies.
- Discuss the difficulties with current model i.e., focus on classics (Grafton, Montaigne, etc.)
- Introduce notion of books that get used. Use the example of the AGS and Steel Bible.
- Introduce what little we do know e.g., who owned these things; how much Hooke paid; some discussion of Pepys and Micrographia (and his subsequent lack of interest in Ramelli).
- Introduce process of marginalia reading and key goals.
- Introduce the book.
- Introduce Arundell.
- Discuss what he wrote.
- Conclusion.

Hmmm... there's some big gaps near the gap but I'll deal with what I can.

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