Keen, Paul.
The Crisis of Literature in the 1790s : Print Culture and the Public Sphere. - 1 online resource (316 pages) - Cambridge Studies in Romanticism ; v.36 . - Cambridge Studies in Romanticism .
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION Problems now and then -- THE BOURGEOIS PUBLIC SPHERE -- ROMANTICISM -- THE MAKING OF ENGLISH STUDIES -- PART ONE Enlightenment -- CHAPTER ONE The republic of letters -- SPARKS OF TRUTH -- UNENLIGHTENED MEN -- PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE -- THESE PROSECUTING TIMES -- CHAPTER TWO Men of letters -- NOBLE MINDS -- THE MIDDLE RANKS -- THE FANTASY OF THE LIBRARY -- SOVEREIGNS OF REASON -- PART TWO Marginalia -- PREAMBLE Swinish multitudes -- CHAPTER THREE The poorer sort -- CAREFUL SAVING MORAL MEN AND WOMEN -- A MIGHTY LEVER -- CHAPTER FOUR Masculine women -- REVERENCING THE RIGHTS OF HUMANITY -- THE FEMALE QUIXOTES OF THE NEW PHILOSOPHY -- A MEMORABLE GRAVE -- CHAPTER FIVE Oriental literature -- THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS -- TERRA INCOGNITA -- A RIGHT UNDERSTANDING -- TREASURED TEXTS -- CONCLUSION Romantic revisions -- MEN OF GENIUS -- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH'S SOCIAL CONTRACT -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION: PROBLEMS NOW AND THEN -- 1. THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS -- 2 MEN OF LETTERS -- PREAMBLE: SWINISH MULTITUDES -- 3 THE POORER SORT -- 4 MASCULINE WOMEN -- 5 ORIENTAL LITERATURE -- CONCLUSION: ROMANTIC REVISIONS -- Bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- Index.
An original study of debates in the 1790s about the nature and social role of literature.
9780511149627
English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PR448.S64 K44 1999
820.9006
The Crisis of Literature in the 1790s : Print Culture and the Public Sphere. - 1 online resource (316 pages) - Cambridge Studies in Romanticism ; v.36 . - Cambridge Studies in Romanticism .
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION Problems now and then -- THE BOURGEOIS PUBLIC SPHERE -- ROMANTICISM -- THE MAKING OF ENGLISH STUDIES -- PART ONE Enlightenment -- CHAPTER ONE The republic of letters -- SPARKS OF TRUTH -- UNENLIGHTENED MEN -- PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE -- THESE PROSECUTING TIMES -- CHAPTER TWO Men of letters -- NOBLE MINDS -- THE MIDDLE RANKS -- THE FANTASY OF THE LIBRARY -- SOVEREIGNS OF REASON -- PART TWO Marginalia -- PREAMBLE Swinish multitudes -- CHAPTER THREE The poorer sort -- CAREFUL SAVING MORAL MEN AND WOMEN -- A MIGHTY LEVER -- CHAPTER FOUR Masculine women -- REVERENCING THE RIGHTS OF HUMANITY -- THE FEMALE QUIXOTES OF THE NEW PHILOSOPHY -- A MEMORABLE GRAVE -- CHAPTER FIVE Oriental literature -- THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS -- TERRA INCOGNITA -- A RIGHT UNDERSTANDING -- TREASURED TEXTS -- CONCLUSION Romantic revisions -- MEN OF GENIUS -- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH'S SOCIAL CONTRACT -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION: PROBLEMS NOW AND THEN -- 1. THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS -- 2 MEN OF LETTERS -- PREAMBLE: SWINISH MULTITUDES -- 3 THE POORER SORT -- 4 MASCULINE WOMEN -- 5 ORIENTAL LITERATURE -- CONCLUSION: ROMANTIC REVISIONS -- Bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- Index.
An original study of debates in the 1790s about the nature and social role of literature.
9780511149627
English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PR448.S64 K44 1999
820.9006