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A Subject for Taste Jeremy Black

A Subject for Taste By Jeremy Black

A Subject for Taste by Jeremy Black


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Summary

This is a guide to a fascinating period in England's cultural history.

A Subject for Taste Summary

A Subject for Taste: Culture in Eighteenth-Century England by Jeremy Black

In the eighteenth century England became the richest and most powerful country in the world. From being a country divided by religious and political conflict, and in the shadow of France, England and the English became confident and self-assured. A Question for Taste is a rounded portrait of English culture in the eighteenth century. Not only a matter of leading writers, from Swift and Pope to Dr Johnson and Sheridan, or of artists from Hogarth to Reynolds, there was also room for popular ballads, political doggerel, pornographic verse and vigorous satirical cartoons. Taste in architecture ranged from great houses with gardens landscaped by Capability Brown to the changed use of domestic space in towns. Jeremy Black looks at the both the wealth of cultural activity in the period and at the changing patronage of and market for books, art, architecture, music and consumer goods.

About Jeremy Black

JEREMY BLACK is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is the author of numerous books, including The Hanoverians: The History of a Dynasty.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Arts and Amusements; Chapter 2: The Crown; Chapter 3: The Aristocracy; Chapter 4: Religion; Chapter 5: The Middling Orders; Chapter 6: Pleasures for the Many; Chapter 7: Books and Newspapers; Chapter 8: Styles; Chapter 9: London and the Provinces; Chapter 10: Home and Abroad

Additional information

GOR008920361
9781852854638
1852854634
A Subject for Taste: Culture in Eighteenth-Century England by Jeremy Black
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2005-07-01
288
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