230 Pages
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Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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In eighteenth-century Britain, the study of history was understood first and foremost as the study of how states developed—and lost—their political coherence. But at the same time, writers, preoccupied by contemporary social change, were coming to believe that economic progress was largely dependent on an ever-increasing variety of trades and occupations. Could this highly differentiated society... Read more
Introduction: artificers and gentlemen 1. An unerring gaze: the prospect of society in the poetry of James Thomson and John Dyer 2. The language properly so-called: the authority of common usage 3. A diffused picture, an uniform plan: Roderick Random in the labyrinth of Britain
Biography
John Barrell is Emeritus Professor of English at Queen Mary University of London, UK. His work is multi-disciplinary, combining literary criticism, the history of art, and cultural and political history.
