The Enlightenment and the Book: Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and AmericaUniversity of Chicago Press, 15.09.2008 - 842 Seiten The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. |
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Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and America Richard B. Sher. Richard * B. Sher * The Enlightenment & the Book Scottish Authors & Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland ...
... Britain , Ireland , and America / Richard B. Sher . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN : 0-226-75252-6 ( cloth : alk . paper ) 1. Scottish literature — 18th century — Publishing . 2. English literature ...
Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and America Richard B. Sher. Illustrations ... Britain , 2nd ed . , 1776 176 2.15 . Frontispiece portrait in Robert Henry's History of Great List of Illustrations.
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... Britain . As part of an occurrence that Porter variously termed “ the print explosion , ” “ the print boom , ” and “ print capitalism , ” “ literature became a commodity circulating in all shapes and sizes ” and “ Britain found itself ...
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Part II Publishing the Scottish Enlightenment in London and Edinburgh | 263 |
Part III Reprinting the Scottish Enlightenment in Dublin and Philadelphia | 441 |
Tables | 611 |
Bibliography | 709 |
Index | 757 |
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