Title The Crisis of Literature in the 1790s : Print Culture and the Public Sphere

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages) Series Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, 36 Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, 36 Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary An original study of debates which arose in the 1790s about the nature and social role of literature and the new class of readers produced by the revolution in information and literacy in eighteenth-century England. Topics debated include the status of the author, working-class activists and radical women authors Notes Print version record Subject English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Literature -- Public opinion -- History -- 18th century Authorship -- Public opinion -- History -- 18th century Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Printing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Authorship -- Public opinion Books and reading English literature Literature and society Literature -- Public opinion Printing Romanticism SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056817 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511048401 0511048408 051114962X 9780511149627 1280153881 9781280153884

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