i used to only love britain from 1830 to 1914. now, i also love it from 1700 to 1800. as much as imperialism and colonization and masculinity and christ as working man are fabulous topics of discussion...
i'm going to be a textual critic. i'm going to write about the marketing of books. high culture and low culture. canonicity. genre. the look of books. the rise of the novel. dailies. periodicals. diaries and journals. illustration. editing practices. books as product. skimming versus extensive reading. booksellers. hacks. censorship. plagiarism. all that little writing on the outside and inside cover. prefaces. epilogues. travel writing. kids' books.
glee.