Did commonplace books contain critiques of inequality and oppression?

Shop open on Friday from 10am to 7pm. Then wander down to @roundmidnightbar for LIVE Music & Cocktails from 7-10pm. May 1, 2008 ... The commonplace book arose as a means of mastering or at least fighting off this “multitude of books.” For much of the history of reading and ... Jun 9, 2015 ... Commonplace books functioned as literary scrapbooks filled with quotes, poems, proverbs, prayers, recipes, and letters. Each was a unique ... Mar 12, 2025 ... A commonplace book (simply put) is a journal with any information or thoughts you've decided to collect. It can act as a sort of time capsule ... Aug 3, 2021 ... The contents of a commonplace book is entirely up to the owner, and that's the beauty of it. You could all start one with the intent of ... Jul 21, 2023 ... Commonplace books are like pegboard: when you need the hammer, the hammer is there, hanging on its hook. Similarly, when you need to speak ... I did my undergraduate and masters degrees in English Literature (at Exeter and Oxford respectively), and adore books and writing more than anything else. I'm ... Oct 12, 2017 ... Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into books. Such books are essentially ... Nov 22, 2024 ... In his book, Allen pointed to the emergence of printed common-place anthologies, which he characterizes as “exemplars of advertising's most ... May 1, 2010 ... 'Scriptorium' is the culmination of a three-year project in the Faculty of English to digitise and preserve a type of manuscript book well known ...