TY - BOOK AU - Keen,Paul TI - The Crisis of Literature in the 1790s: Print Culture and the Public Sphere T2 - Cambridge Studies in Romanticism SN - 9780511149627 AV - PR448.S64 K44 1999 U1 - 820.9006 PY - 1999/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English literature--18th century--History and criticism KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - An original study of debates in the 1790s about the nature and social role of literature UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/buse-ebooks/detail.action?docID=142415 ER -