num_pages: 721
description: John Brewster's landmark book shows us how English artists, amateurs, entrepeneurs, and audiences created a culture that is still celebrated for its wit and brilliance.
language: English
title: The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century
titlecomplete: The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century
genres: Philosophy, Art, Nonfiction, Books About Books, Cultural Studies, Cultural, History, Academic, 18th Century, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 143
places: England
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Wolfson History Prize
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux