Title Society and sentiment : genres of historical writing in Britain, 1740-1820 / Mark Salber Phillips

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 369 pages) Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents Summary 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. He shows that the writing of history, which once concentrated exclusively on political events, widened its horizons in ways that often paralleled better Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-365) and index Notes Print version record Subject Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Historiography -- Social aspects -- Great Britain Sentimentalism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain Literary form -- History -- 18th century Literary form -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Historiography. Historiography Historiography -- Social aspects Literary form Manners and customs Geschiedschrijving. Genres. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056951 Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056952 Great Britain -- Historiography Subject Great Britain Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1400812992 9781400812998 9781400823628 1400823625

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