John Brewer The pleasures of the imagination

English culture in the eighteenth century

Bibliografie : p. 667-691. - Met reg. The author examines the birth and development of English 'high culture' in the eighteenth century. It charts the growth of a literary and artistic world fostered by publishers, theatrical and musical impresarios, picture dealers and auctioneers, and presented to the public in coffee-houses, concerthalls, libraries, theatres and pleasure gardens.

Engels | 721 pagina's | HarperCollins, London | 1997

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