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    Scottish Whigs, English Radicals and the Making of the British Public Sphere

    Series series The Nineteenth Century Series
    Intellectual Politics and Cultural Conflict in the Romantic Period maps the intellectual formation of English plebeian radicalism and Scottish philosophic Whiggism over the long eighteenth century and examines their associated strategies of critical engagement with the cultural, social and political crises of the early nineteenth century. It is a story of the making of a wider British public ... Read more

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  • Cultures of Improvement in Scottish Romanticism, 1707-1840

    Series series The Enlightenment World
    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 ... Read more

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  • Before Blackwood's

    Scottish Journalism in the Age of Enlightenment

    Series series The Enlightenment World
    This collection of essays is the result of a major conference focusing specifically on the role of Scotland’s print culture in shaping the literature and politics of the long eighteenth century. In contrast to previous studies, this work treats Blackwood’s Magazine as the culmination of a long tradition rather than a starting point. ... Read more

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