Literature, Commerce, and the Spectacle of Modernity, 1750-1800
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Series)
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Paul Keen explores how a consumer revolution which reached its peak in the second half of the eighteenth century shaped debates about the role of literature in a polite modern nation, and tells the story of the resourcefulness with which many writers responded to these pressures. From dream reveries which mocked their own entrepreneurial commitments, such as Oliver Goldsmith's account of selling his work at a 'Fashion Fair' on the frozen Thames, to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1107479665
ISBN13:9781107479661
Release Date:January 2015
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:270 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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