Society and sentiment :: genres of historical writing in Britain, 1740-1820 /

A deepening interest in both social and interior experience was a distinguishing feature of the cultural life of eighteenth-century Britain, influencing writers in all genres from fiction to philosophy. Focusing on this interplay of ideas and genres, Mark Phillips explores the ways in which writers...

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1. Verfasser: Phillips, Mark, 1946-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
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Zusammenfassung:A deepening interest in both social and interior experience was a distinguishing feature of the cultural life of eighteenth-century Britain, influencing writers in all genres from fiction to philosophy. Focusing on this interplay of ideas and genres, Mark Phillips explores the ways in which writers and readers of history, memoir, biography and related literatures responded to the social and sentimental concerns of a modern, commercial society. He shows that the writing of history, which once concentrated exclusively on political events, widened its horizons in ways that often paralleled better.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 369 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-365) and index.
ISBN:1400812992
9781400812998
9781400823628
1400823625