Tending to Popular Thought: What People Read and Why

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Reading is an integral part of student life but how often do we think about how and why the books we read were published and how they differ from books in the past? This exhibit explores sixteenth- to nineteenth-century popular literature in a wide range of topics. From occult philosophy to herbology, and popular literature to personal essays, these books invite exploration of past conceptions of the world. Our exhibit is built on how books and their creators participate in the world around them, adding to, changing and directing cultural trends. The creators and producers of these books illustrated the ambient interests and attitudes of their times.

[A List of Words that Fit into Poetic Meters]

Creator Pantaleon Eschenbrender

Date 1749

Type Book

Language Latin

Source The University of Nashville Collection, Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Theatrum Lyricum provided its readers with an annotated list of poetic meters and words with specific stresses and syllables. The author favors grandiose terminology common in Roman epics.

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