This 2004 volume offers an introduction to British literature that
challenges the traditional divide between eighteenth-century and
Romantic studies. Contributors explore the development of literary
genres and modes through a period of rapid change. They show how
literature was shaped by historical factors including the
development of the book trade, the rise of literary criticism and
the expansion of commercial society and empire. The first part of
the volume focuses on broad themes including taste and aesthetics,
national identity and empire, and key cultural trends such as
sensibility and the gothic. The second part pays close attention to
the work of individual writers including Sterne, Blake, Barbauld
and Austen, and to the role of literary schools such as the Lake
and Cockney schools. The wide scope of the collection, juxtaposing
canonical authors with those now gaining new attention from
scholars, makes it essential reading for students of
eighteenth-century literature and Romanticism.
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