Society and Sentiment: Genres of Historical Writing in Britain, 1740-1820

by Mark Salber Phillips

Book Overview

A deepening interest in both social and interior experience was a distinguishing feature of the cultural life of eighteenth-century Britain, influencing writers in all genres from fiction to philosophy. Focusing on this interplay of ideas and genres, Mark Phillips explores the ways in which writers and readers of history, memoir, biography and related literatures responded to the social and sentimental concerns of a modern, commercial society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691008671
• ISBN13: 9780691008677
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"