The Scottish Enlightenment and Literary Culture (Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scotland)

The Scottish Enlightenment and Literary Culture (Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scotland)

by Kenneth Simpson (Editor), Ralph McLean (Editor), Ronnie Young (Editor)

Synopsis

This volume takes a fresh look at the literary culture of the Scottish Enlightenment and the wider impact of imaginative literature on Enlightenment culture in general. Covering key authors and work in areas as varied as philosophy, medicine, travel writing, religion, drama, history, publishing, and the periodical press, it provides scholars and students with a timely re-evaluation of the links between imaginative literature and the larger project of Enlightenment in Scotland and beyond.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 314
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: 01 Oct 2016

ISBN 10: 1611488001
ISBN 13: 9781611488005

Media Reviews
The Scottish Enlightenment and Literary Culture brings into conjunction two capacious concepts that are difficult to define: the Enlightenment and literature. . . . The volume has something to offer both readers who are new to the field and those who are specialists. * Eighteenth-Century Fiction *
Author Bio
Ralph McLean is curator of manuscripts for the Long Eighteenth Century at the National Library of Scotland. The late Ken Simpson (1943-2013) was a distinguished scholar of Scottish Literature and expert on Robert Burns. Ronnie Young teaches Scottish Enlightenment at the University of Glasgow.