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Eighteenth-Century Popular Culture A Selection

Mullan John Reid, Christopher
Heftet / 2000 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198711353
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
578 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
326

Redaktør
Mullan John
Reid, Christopher

Biographical note

John Mullan is Senior Lecturer in English, University College, London Christopher Reid is Senior Lecturer in English, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

Eighteenth-Century Popular Culture A Selection

Mullan John Reid, Christopher
Heftet / 2000 / Engelsk
Mullan John Reid, Christopher
Heftet / 2000 / Engelsk
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Any anthology challenges the reader ... But the real interest of this one, besides its provocative complexity, is the conjunction of the expected (like the passages on Bartholemew Fair) and the unexpected.

Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001

fascinating selection of extracts

Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001

The collection is packed with good things, and is the more interesting because of its unusual construction. Instead of following a thematic or subject approach, the extracts are grouped around particular historical moments between 1700 and 1780. ... If at first this feels limiting, it actually opens out each area.

Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001

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The ripples of interest spread out beyond and behind the text, carried on the waves of commentary and annotation and suggestions for further reading.

Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001

This collection makes available what was once popular but has long been buried. During the eighteenth century, popular culture assumed a peculiar importance. In the early part of the century, high and low cultures often collided. Later in the century, politeness more and more required the distancing of genteel from vulgar amusements. This carefully annotated selection rediscovers some of the energies of the low and the vulgar in the period. It examines particular themes (crime, religious enthusiasm, popular politics, for example) by telling particular stories (the career of a notorious criminal, the exploits of a religious sect, John Wilkes and the crowd). It also illustrates how the very idea of popular culture was formed in the period, providing examples of the ways in which it was discussed both by those who were fearful of it and those who were fascinated by it.
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This book is a carefully annotated selection from the popular culture of the eighteenth century. Each chapter focuses on not only a particular theme but also a particular story, often illustrated by contemporary newspaper reports. It makes available to any reader with an interest in the period material that was once popular but has long been buried.
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Introduction ; Using the Selection ; 1. Eighteenth-Century Views of Popular Culture ; 2. Religious enthusiasm: the French Prophets, 1707-1711 ; 3. Fairgoers and Reformers: the Struggle for Bartholomew Fair ; 4. Almanacs: Astrology and Popular Protestantism ; 5. Crime: the Fortunes of Jack Sheppard ; 6. Custom and the Calendar: the Gregorian Reform and its Opponents ; 7. Popular Politics: John Wilkes and the Crowd, 1768-70 ; 8. Popular Perceptions of Empire: Native Americans in Britain in the 1760s ; Index
Les mer
Any anthology challenges the reader ... But the real interest of this one, besides its provocative complexity, is the conjunction of the expected (like the passages on Bartholemew Fair) and the unexpected.
Les mer
`Any anthology challenges the reader ... But the real interest of this one, besides its provocative complexity, is the conjunction of the expected (like the passages on Bartholemew Fair) and the unexpected.' Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001 `fascinating selection of extracts' Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001 `The collection is packed with good things, and is the more interesting because of its unusual construction. Instead of following a thematic or subject approach, the extracts are grouped around particular historical moments between 1700 and 1780. ... If at first this feels limiting, it actually opens out each area.' Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001 `The ripples of interest spread out beyond and behind the text, carried on the waves of commentary and annotation and suggestions for further reading.' Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001
Les mer
Throws new light on a neglected area of study
John Mullan is Senior Lecturer in English, University College, London Christopher Reid is Senior Lecturer in English, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
Throws new light on a neglected area of study

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Any anthology challenges the reader ... But the real interest of this one, besides its provocative complexity, is the conjunction of the expected (like the passages on Bartholemew Fair) and the unexpected.

Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001

fascinating selection of extracts

Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001

The collection is packed with good things, and is the more interesting because of its unusual construction. Instead of following a thematic or subject approach, the extracts are grouped around particular historical moments between 1700 and 1780. ... If at first this feels limiting, it actually opens out each area.

Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001

Se alle

The ripples of interest spread out beyond and behind the text, carried on the waves of commentary and annotation and suggestions for further reading.

Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001

This collection makes available what was once popular but has long been buried. During the eighteenth century, popular culture assumed a peculiar importance. In the early part of the century, high and low cultures often collided. Later in the century, politeness more and more required the distancing of genteel from vulgar amusements. This carefully annotated selection rediscovers some of the energies of the low and the vulgar in the period. It examines particular themes (crime, religious enthusiasm, popular politics, for example) by telling particular stories (the career of a notorious criminal, the exploits of a religious sect, John Wilkes and the crowd). It also illustrates how the very idea of popular culture was formed in the period, providing examples of the ways in which it was discussed both by those who were fearful of it and those who were fascinated by it.
Les mer
This book is a carefully annotated selection from the popular culture of the eighteenth century. Each chapter focuses on not only a particular theme but also a particular story, often illustrated by contemporary newspaper reports. It makes available to any reader with an interest in the period material that was once popular but has long been buried.
Les mer
Introduction ; Using the Selection ; 1. Eighteenth-Century Views of Popular Culture ; 2. Religious enthusiasm: the French Prophets, 1707-1711 ; 3. Fairgoers and Reformers: the Struggle for Bartholomew Fair ; 4. Almanacs: Astrology and Popular Protestantism ; 5. Crime: the Fortunes of Jack Sheppard ; 6. Custom and the Calendar: the Gregorian Reform and its Opponents ; 7. Popular Politics: John Wilkes and the Crowd, 1768-70 ; 8. Popular Perceptions of Empire: Native Americans in Britain in the 1760s ; Index
Les mer
Any anthology challenges the reader ... But the real interest of this one, besides its provocative complexity, is the conjunction of the expected (like the passages on Bartholemew Fair) and the unexpected.
Les mer
`Any anthology challenges the reader ... But the real interest of this one, besides its provocative complexity, is the conjunction of the expected (like the passages on Bartholemew Fair) and the unexpected.' Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001 `fascinating selection of extracts' Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001 `The collection is packed with good things, and is the more interesting because of its unusual construction. Instead of following a thematic or subject approach, the extracts are grouped around particular historical moments between 1700 and 1780. ... If at first this feels limiting, it actually opens out each area.' Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001 `The ripples of interest spread out beyond and behind the text, carried on the waves of commentary and annotation and suggestions for further reading.' Jenny Uglow, TLS 4 May 2001
Les mer
Throws new light on a neglected area of study
John Mullan is Senior Lecturer in English, University College, London Christopher Reid is Senior Lecturer in English, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
Throws new light on a neglected area of study

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198711353
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
578 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
326

Redaktør
Mullan John
Reid, Christopher

Biographical note

John Mullan is Senior Lecturer in English, University College, London Christopher Reid is Senior Lecturer in English, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

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