Making British Culture
English Readers and the Scottish Enlightenment, 1740–1830
Nonfiction, History, British
| Author: | David Allan | ISBN: | 9781135895037 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | May 9, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Allan |
| ISBN: | 9781135895037 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | May 9, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Making British Culture explores an under-appreciated factor in the emergence of a recognisably British culture. Specifically, it examines the experiences of English readers between around 1707 and 1830 as they grappled, in a variety of circumstances, with the great effusion of Scottish authorship – including the hard-edged intellectual achievements of David Hume, Adam Smith and William Robertson as well as the more accessible contributions of poets like Robert Burns and Walter Scott – that distinguished the age of the Enlightenment.
Making British Culture explores an under-appreciated factor in the emergence of a recognisably British culture. Specifically, it examines the experiences of English readers between around 1707 and 1830 as they grappled, in a variety of circumstances, with the great effusion of Scottish authorship – including the hard-edged intellectual achievements of David Hume, Adam Smith and William Robertson as well as the more accessible contributions of poets like Robert Burns and Walter Scott – that distinguished the age of the Enlightenment.
