Paul Keen explores how a consumer revolution which reached its peak in the second half of the eighteenth century shaped debates about the role of literature in a polite modern nation, and tells the story of the resourcefulness with which many writers responded to these pressures. From dream reveries which mocked their own entrepreneurial commitments, such as Oliver Goldsmith's account of selling his work at a 'Fashion Fair' on the frozen Thames, to the Microcosm's mock plan to establish 'a licensed warehouse for wit, ' writers insistently tied their literary achievements to a sophisticated...
Paul Keen explores how a consumer revolution which reached its peak in the second half of the eighteenth century shaped debates about the role of lite...
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popular Radicalism"; the public agitation for parlimentary reform between 1815 and 1820. This work reprints the original runs of the rarest periodicals.
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popu...
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popular Radicalism"; the public agitation for parlimentary reform between 1815 and 1820. This work reprints the original runs of the rarest periodicals.
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popu...
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popular Radicalism"; the public agitation for parlimentary reform between 1815 and 1820. This work reprints the original runs of the rarest periodicals.
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popu...
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popular Radicalism"; the public agitation for parlimentary reform between 1815 and 1820. This work reprints the original runs of the rarest periodicals.
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popu...
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popular Radicalism"; the public agitation for parlimentary reform between 1815 and 1820. This work reprints the original runs of the rarest periodicals.
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popu...
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popular Radicalism"; the public agitation for parlimentary reform between 1815 and 1820. This work reprints the original runs of the rarest periodicals.
The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popu...
