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Author Sher, Richard B., 1948-

Title The Enlightenment & the book : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America / Richard B. Sher
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 815 pages) : illustrations
Contents Composing the Scottish Enlightenment -- Identity and diversity among Scottish authors -- The rewards of authorship -- Forging the London-Edinburgh publishing axis -- The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publishing -- The achievement of William Creech -- The rise and fall of Irish reprinting -- Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784 -- A more extensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800
Summary The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 709-755) and index
Notes English
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Subject English literature -- Scottish authors -- Publishing
Scottish literature -- 18th century -- Publishing
Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Publishers and publishing -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Authors and publishers -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
English literature -- Scottish authors -- Appreciation
Scottish literature -- 18th century -- Appreciation
Authors, Scottish -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Enlightenment -- Scotland
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Publishing.
Authors and publishers
Enlightenment
Publishers and publishing
Scottish literature -- Appreciation
Schotse School.
Uitgeverijen.
Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland
United States
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Verenigde Staten.
Ierland.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226752549
0226752542
1281966479
9781281966476
9786611966478
6611966471
Other Titles Enlightenment and the book