1st Edition

Literature and the Social Order in Eighteenth-Century England

Edited By Stephen Copley Copyright 1984
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

Recent scholarship had emphasised the importance of a number of non-literary, economic and social debates to the understanding of Augustan Literature. Debates over the place of land, money, credit and luxury in society, as well as strands of radical thinking, are prominent throughout the period. Originally published in 1984, this anthology of eighteenth century writings about contemporary... Read more

Introduction.  1. The Social Establishment  2. Commerce and Industry  3. The Economy and the Social Order  4. The Poor  5. Crime.  Select Bibliography.  Subject Index.

Biography

Stephen Copley