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The Books that Made the European Enlightenment - A History in 12 Case Studies (Paperback)
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The Books that Made the European Enlightenment - A History in 12 Case Studies (Paperback)
Series: Cultures of Early Modern Europe
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In contrast to traditional Enlightenment studies that focus solely
on authors and ideas, Gary Kates' employs a literary lens to offer
a wholly original history of the period in Europe from 1699 to
1780. Each chapter is a biography of a book which tells the story
of the text from its inception through to the revolutionary era,
with wider aspects of the Enlightenment era being revealed through
the narrative of the book's publication and reception. Here, Kates
joins new approaches to book history with more traditional
intellectual history by treating authors, publishers, and readers
in a balanced fashion throughout. Using a unique database of
18th-century editions representing 5,000 titles, the book looks at
the multifaceted significance of bestsellers from the time. It
analyses key works by Voltaire, Adam Smith, Madame de Graffigny,
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume and champions the importance
of a crucial innovation of the age: the rise of the 'erudite
blockbuster', which for the first time in European history, helped
to popularize political theory among a large portion of the
middling classes. Kates also highlights how, when, and why some of
these books were read in the European colonies, as well as
incorporating the responses of both ordinary men and women as part
of the reception histories that are so integral to the volume.
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