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Introductory Material:
Body:
The Early-Modern Theory of the Commonplace:
Defining the Commonplace
Supporting Argument: Analytic and Cumulative
Primary Materials: Copius Faith
Reading/Writing the Commonplace
Supporting Argument: The Commonplace in Education | The Commonplace Book and Memory | Reading by Writing, Writing by Reading
Primary Materials: Rivington School Charter | What to NoteAtomization, Classification, Reintegration
Supporting Argument: Reading in the Vast Field | Authors and Authority | Using Commonplaces | Composing From the Commonplaces | An Arsenal of Factoids
Primary Materials: Thomas Farnaby on Fields | Holy Scriptures II | A Heap of Knowledge | Invention | Farnaby on Ability
The Personal Commonplace Book
Supporting Argument: Its Organization
Primary Materials: Robert Reynes' Book | An Entry in it | Milton's Book | Laying Out the Personal Commonplace Book
The Printed Commonplace Book
Supporting Argument: Topics in Printed Commonplace Books | The Production of Printed Commonplace Books | The Organization of Printed Commonplace Books
Primary Materials: Cawdry's Intent | A National Voice | Authors in Wit's Treasury | Mistakes in Wit's Treasury | The Production of England's Parnassus | Alphabetical Order | Alphabet vs. Chain of Being | Scholarly Reaction to Printed Commonplace Books
The Commonplace and Intertextuality:
Supporting Argument: "Intertextuality" | Hypertext and Intertextuality | Does Hypertext Literalize Intertextuality? | The Tension between Context and Intertext | Memory | Authorship and Topical Text | Reading Topically