Mee, Jon.
Conversable worlds literature, contention, and community 1762 to 1830 / [electronic resource] : Jon Mee. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 315 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Around 1700 a new commercial society was emerging that thought of its values as the product of exchanges between citizens. A welter of publications-periodical essays, novels, and poetry-enjoined the virtues of conversation and were discussed in book clubs and literary societies, creating their own conversable worlds.
9780191731433 (ebook) : No price
Conversation in literature.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
PR408.C63
820.9355
Conversable worlds literature, contention, and community 1762 to 1830 / [electronic resource] : Jon Mee. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 315 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Around 1700 a new commercial society was emerging that thought of its values as the product of exchanges between citizens. A welter of publications-periodical essays, novels, and poetry-enjoined the virtues of conversation and were discussed in book clubs and literary societies, creating their own conversable worlds.
9780191731433 (ebook) : No price
Conversation in literature.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
PR408.C63
820.9355