Cultures of Improvement in Scottish Romanticism, 1707-1840 - Paperback
Cultures of Improvement in Scottish Romanticism, 1707-1840 - Paperback
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by Alex Benchimol (Editor), Gerard Lee McKeever (Editor)
This collection foregrounds progress as "improvement" as a constitutive theme of Scottish writing during the long eighteenth century. It explores improvement as the animating principle behind Scotland's post-1707 project of modernization, a narrative both shaped and reflected in the literary sphere.
Author Biography
Alex Benchimol is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow.
Gerard Lee McKeever is a founding Co-Convener of the Scottish Romanticism Research Group at the University of Glasgow.
