Читать книгу Books and Religious Devotion - Allan F. Westphall - Страница 5

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Westphall, Allan F., author.

Books and religious devotion : the redemptive reading of an Irishman in nineteenth-century New England /

Allan F. Westphall.

p. cm — (The Penn State series in the history of the book)

Summary: “Examines the book collection of Thomas Connary, a nineteenth-century Irish Catholic New England farmer, to reconstruct how Connary read and annotated his books. Reveals how books can structure a life of devotion and social participation, and presents an authentic, holistic view of one reader’s interior life”—Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-271-06404-8 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Books and reading—New England—History—19th century. 2. Marginalia—New England—History—19th century. 3. Connary, Thomas, 1814–1899—Library. 4. Books and reading—Religious aspects—Christianity.

I. Title. II. Series: Penn State series in the history of the book.

Z1003.3.N4W47 2014

028’.8097409’034—dc23

2014009572

Copyright © 2014

The Pennsylvania State University

All rights reserved

Printed in the United States of America

Published by

The Pennsylvania State University Press,

University Park, PA 16802–1003

The Pennsylvania State University Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses.

It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper. Publications on uncoated stock satisfy the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed

Library Material, ANSI Z39.48–1992.

This book is printed on paper that contains 30% post-consumer waste.

Frontispiece: Detail of figure 6.