The long 18th century
By: Paul Baines.
Series: Contexts; Contexts (London, England)
Publisher: Arnold; Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 18th century; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Other titles: Long eighteenth century
Description: "Surveys the social and cultural matrices of British literature of the period 1660-1790. Taking a thematic approach, the book situates literary texts in the contexts from which they took their distinctive character and force. Literature shaped and responded to seismic political and economic changes, the problem of religious belief, the development of the science of mind and personality, conflict between country and city, and expanding world horizons"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: Situations; title: Writing and belief; title: Court and parliament; title: Town, country, nation; title: World views; title: Versions of the self; title: Sex and gender; title: Forward into the past.