A subject for taste : culture in eighteenth-century England

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A subject for taste : culture in eighteenth-century England

Jeremy Black

Hambledon and London , Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St Martin's Press, 2005

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Culture in eighteenth-century England

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264) and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781852854638

Description

In the eighteenth century England became the richest and most powerful country in the world. From being a country divided by religious and political conflict, and in the shadow of France, England and the English became confident and self-assured. A Question for Taste is a rounded portrait of English culture in the eighteenth century. Not only a matter of leading writers, from Swift and Pope to Dr Johnson and Sheridan, or of artists from Hogarth to Reynolds, there was also room for popular ballads, political doggerel, pornographic verse and vigorous satirical cartoons. Taste in architecture ranged from great houses with gardens landscaped by Capability Brown to the changed use of domestic space in towns. Jeremy Black looks at the both the wealth of cultural activity in the period and at the changing patronage of and market for books, art, architecture, music and consumer goods.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1: Arts and Amusements
  • Chapter 2: The Crown
  • Chapter 3: The Aristocracy
  • Chapter 4: Religion
  • Chapter 5: The Middling Orders
  • Chapter 6: Pleasures for the Many
  • Chapter 7: Books and Newspapers
  • Chapter 8: Styles
  • Chapter 9: London and the Provinces
  • Chapter 10: Home and Abroad
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781852855345

Description

In the eighteenth century, England became the richest and most powerful country in the world. This is a rounded portrait of English culture in the eighteenth century. Not only a matter of leading writers, from Swift and Pope to Dr. Johnson and Sheridan, and of artists from Hogarth to Reynolds, there was also room for popular ballads, political doggerel, pornographic verse and vigorous satirical cartoons. Taste in architecture ranged from great houses with gardens landscaped by Capability Brown to the changed use of domestic space in towns. Jeremy Black looks at both the wealth of cultural activity in the period and at the patronage of and market for books, art, architecture, high-quality music and consumer goods. He also shows the different currents at work, belying any simple picture of England and the English as confident and self-assured.

Table of Contents

  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 Arts and Amusements
  • 2 The Crown
  • 3 The Aristocracy
  • 4 Religion
  • 5 The Middling Orders
  • 6 Pleasures for the Many
  • 7 Books and Newspapers
  • 8 Styles
  • 9 London and the Provinces
  • 10 Home and Abroad
  • Notes
  • Selected Further Reading
  • Index.

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