Title Making British Culture : English Readers and the Scottish Enlightenment, 1740-1830

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (340 pages) Series Routledge Studies in Cultural History Routledge studies in cultural history. Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Part I Problems; 1 A Question of Perspective: Scotland and England in the British Enlightenment; Part II Contexts; 2 "The Self-Impanelled Jury of the English Court of Criticism": Taste and the Making of the Canon; 3 "For Learning and for Arms Renown'd": Scotland in the Public Mind; 4 "An Ample Fund of Amusement and Improvement": Institutional Frameworks for Reading and Reception; 5 Readers and Their Books: Why, Where, and How Did Reading Happen?; Part III Contingencies Summary Making British Culture explores the emergence of a recognizably British culture by examining the experiences of English readers between 1707 and 1830 as they grappled with the great effusion of Scottish authorship. Examples include David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Robert Burns and Walter Scott Notes Print version record Subject Enlightenment -- Scotland Historiography -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Reading -- Great Britain -- 18th century Reading. History. Reading History history (discipline) Enlightenment Historiography History Intellectual life Intellectual life -- Public opinion Public opinion Reading SUBJECT Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056855 Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- Public opinion Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century Subject Great Britain Scotland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203894798 0203894790

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