Literature and the Social Order in Eighteenth-Century England

Name: Literature and the Social Order in Eighteenth-Century England
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Literature and the Social Order in Eighteenth-Century EnglandAuthor(s): Stephen Copley\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367444662, 978-0367444662\nSynopsis\nRecent scholarship had emphasised the importance of a number of non-literary, economic and social debates to the understanding of Augustan Literature. Debates over the place of land, money, credit and luxury in society, as well as strands of radical thinking, are prominent throughout the period.\n\nOriginally published in 1984, this anthology of eighteenth century writings about contemporary society is divided into sections on the social order, economics, the poor and crime, with a general introduction identifying some of the dominant social discourses of the period. They reflect the emergence of an embryonic capitalist society, with its challenge to feudal ties, and of a nascent bourgeois class. This collection of writings is not intended to provide material.