Cultures of improvement in scottish romanticism, 1707-1840
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367591519
Date de publication :
14 août 2020
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This collection foregrounds progress as "improvement" as a constitutive theme of Scottish writing during the long eighteenth century. It explores improvement as the animating principle behind Scotland’s post-1707 project of modernization, a narrative both shaped and reflected in the literary sphere.