Republic of Taste by Catherine E. Kelly PAPERBACK 9780812224894

Republic of Taste\nby Catherine E. Kelly\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Catherine E. Kelly\nTitle: Republic of Taste\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural history\nPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press\nISBN-13: 9780812224894\nISBN-10: 0812224892\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nSince the early decades of the eighteenth century, European, and especially British, thinkers were preoccupied with questions of taste. Whether Americans believed that taste was innate\u2014and therefore a marker of breeding and station\u2014or acquired\u2014and thus the product of application and study\u2014all could appreciate that taste was grounded in, demonstrated through, and confirmed by reading, writing, and looking. It was widely believed that shared aesthetic sensib.