The Long 18th Century

by Paul Baines and Paul Baines

The Long 18th Century surveys the social and cultural matrices of British literature of the period 1660-1790. Taking a thematic approach, the book situates literary texts in the contexts from which they took their distinctive character and force. Literature shaped and responded to seismic political and economic changes, the problems of religious belief, the development of the science of mind and personality, conflict between country and city, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340813725
• ISBN13: 9780340813720
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"