James Van Horn Melton (Atlanta Emory University)

The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe

Herausgeber: Blanning, T. C. W.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Part of the New Approaches to European History series, this 2001 title provides an inter-disciplinary study of the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. James Melton's lucid and accessible account will be of interest to students of social and political history, literary studies, political theory, and the history of women.

Produktdetails

• New Approaches to European History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780521469692
• ISBN-10: 0521469694
• Artikelnr.: 21281998

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: what is the public sphere? Part I. Politics and the Rise of Public Opinion: The Cases of England and France: 1. The peculiarities of the English
2. Opacity and transparency: French political culture in the eighteenth century
Part II. Readers, Writers and Spectators: 3. Reading publics: transformations of the literary public sphere
4. Eighteenth century authorship
5. From courts to consumers: theatre publics
Part III. Being Sociable: 6. Enlightenment salons
7. Drinking in public: taverns and coffeehouses
8. Freemasons
Conclusion.