The Pleasures of the Imagination English Culture in the Eighteenth Century
John Brewer
The Pleasures of the Imagination 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 th public in coffee-houses, concert halls, libraries, theatres and pleasure gardens. In 1660, there were few professional authors, musicians and painters, no public concert series, galleries, newspaper critics or reviews. By the dawn of the nineteenth century they were all aprt of the cultural life of the nation.
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2013
Casa editrice:
Routledge
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
565
ISBN 10:
0203551664
ISBN 13:
9780203551660
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PDF, 7.43 MB
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english, 2013
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