The pleasures of the imagination : English culture in the eighteenth century / John Brewer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brewer, John, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Civilization--18th century.

England.

England--Social life and customs--18th century.

England--Intellectual life--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (565 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'If you want to understand how British culture reinvented itself in the eighteenth century, read The Pleasures of the Imagination ... Like all really original achievements it makes us sharply rethink things we supposed we knew well, but it does so with humour and humanity, and through the text runs Brewer's remarkable intellect: forceful, lucid and penetrating.' Simon Schama'The Pleasures of the Imagination is a splendid cornucopia of a book. It describes the contortions of the eighteenth century as it developed a culture ... It is full of pure delight ... The marve

Contents:

pt. 1. Contexts

pt. 2. Print

pt. 3. Paint

pt. 4. Performance

pt. 5. Making a national heritage

pt. 6. Province and nation

pt. 7. Britain.

Notes:

"First published in 1997 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of: Brewer, John, 1947- New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997 (xxx, 721 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.) Call number of original: DA485.B74 1997

ISBN:

1-135-91236-X

0-203-55166-4

1-299-31988-2

1-135-91229-7

9780203551660

OCLC:

831117891