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oapen-20.500.12657-464262022-04-26T11:14:53Z Cultures of Improvement in Scottish Romanticism, 1707-1840 Benchimol, Alex McKeever, Gerard Lee Adam Budd Alex Deans century courant edinburgh eighteenth enlightenment evening Gerard Carruthers Gerard Lee McKeever late Megan Coyer Michael Morris magazine Nigel Leask Penny Fielding Sarah Sharp scotland scots Tom Furniss bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBG General & world history The first applied research volume in Scottish Romanticism, this collection foregrounds the concept of progress as 'improvement' as a constitutive theme of Scottish writing during the long eighteenth century. It explores improvement as the animating principle behind Scotland’s post-1707 project of modernization, a narrative both shaped and reflected in the literary sphere. It represents a vital moment in Romantic studies, as a 'four-nations' interrogation of the British context reaches maturity. Equally, the volume contributes to a central concern in the study of Scottish culture, amplifying a critical synthesis of Romanticism and Enlightenment. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781351056427_oachapter9.pdf 2021-02-02T14:40:22Z 2021-02-02T14:40:22Z 2018 book ONIX_20210202_9781351056410_34 9781351056427 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46426 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781351056427 10.4324/9781351056427 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 6f2eb767-2751-4092-89d2-0a354f8f3ab0 6f2eb767-2751-4092-89d2-0a354f8f3ab0 9781351056427 Routledge 248 open access
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The first applied research volume in Scottish Romanticism, this collection foregrounds the concept of progress as 'improvement' as a constitutive theme of Scottish writing during the long eighteenth century. It explores improvement as the animating principle behind Scotland’s post-1707 project of modernization, a narrative both shaped and reflected in the literary sphere. It represents a vital moment in Romantic studies, as a 'four-nations' interrogation of the British context reaches maturity. Equally, the volume contributes to a central concern in the study of Scottish culture, amplifying a critical synthesis of Romanticism and Enlightenment. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781351056427_oachapter9.pdf
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