The rise of the public in Enlightenment Europe / James Van Horn Melton.
The rise of the public in Enlightenment Europe / James Van Horn Melton.
The rise of the public in Enlightenment Europe / James Van Horn Melton.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N940.28/49
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 284 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The peculiarities of the English -- 2. Opacity and transparency: French political culture in the eighteenth century -- 3. Reading publics: transformations of the literary public sphere -- 4. Writing publics: eigtheenth-century authorship -- 5. From courts to consumers: theater publics -- 6. Women...
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Publisher
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2001.
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James Melton's lucid and accessible study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. A work of comparative synthesis focusing on England, France and the German-speaking territories, this is the first book-length, critical reassessment of what Habermas termed the 'bourgeois public sphere'. During the Enlightenment the Public ass...
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The rise of the public in Enlightenment Europe / James Van Horn Melton.
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New approaches to European history ; 22.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N940.28/49
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0521465737 (hbk.)
9780521469692 (pbk.)
0521469694 (pbk.)
9780521465731 (hbk.)
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940.28
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991014735639702626
