Kennedy, Colleen E. n.d. “Creating a Commonplace Book CPB.” Accessed October 7, 2024.
PDF.
Notes
Annotations
Imported: 2024-10-12 7:18 am
Peter Beal, leading expert on English manuscript studies, defines a commonplace book as “a manuscript book in which quotations or passages from reading matter, precepts, proverbs and aphorisms, useful rhetorical figures or exemplary phrasing, words and ideas, or other notes and memoranda are entered for ready reference under general subject headings.” (2)
In addition, they were often circulated among friends and passed down in families, demonstrating that they were semipublic repositories of knowledge and self-improvement. (2)