The Enlightenment & the book : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America Richard B. Sher

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sher, Richard B., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish literature--18th century--Publishing.

Scottish literature.

English literature--Scottish authors--Publishing.

English literature.

Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Publishers and publishing.

Publishers and publishing--Ireland--History--18th century.

Publishers and publishing--United States--History--18th century.

Authors and publishers--Scotland--History--18th century.

Authors and publishers.

Scottish literature--18th century--Appreciation.

English literature--Scottish authors--Appreciation.

Authors, Scottish--Intellectual life--18th century.

Authors, Scottish.

Enlightenment--Scotland.

Enlightenment.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 815 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Enlightenment and the book

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [709]-755) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

0226752526 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780226752525 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

69423162