LEADER 05015nam 2200829 a 450 001 9910454134503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96647-9 010 $a9786611966478 010 $a0-226-75254-2 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226752549 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579086 035 $a(EBL)408524 035 $a(OCoLC)476229474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147833 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144785 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147833 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10015983 035 $a(PQKB)10533789 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122015 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408524 035 $a(DE-B1597)522710 035 $a(OCoLC)1055417122 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226752549 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408524 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10266019 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196647 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579086 100 $a20060509d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Enlightenment & the book$b[electronic resource] $eScottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America /$fRichard B. Sher 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (842 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-75252-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [709]-755) and index. 327 $aComposing the Scottish Enlightenment -- Identity and diversity among Scottish authors -- The rewards of authorship -- Forging the London-Edinburgh publishing axis -- The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publishing -- The achievement of William Creech -- The rise and fall of Irish reprinting -- Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784 -- A more extensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800. 330 $aThe late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were written by authors who eyed their publishers as minor functionaries in their profession. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth-century involved a deeply complex partnership between authors and their publishers, one in which writers saw the book industry not only as pivotal in the dissemination of their ideas, but also as crucial to their dreams of fame and monetary gain. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking in order to advance human knowledge as well as to accumulate profits. The Enlightenment and the Book explores this tension between creativity and commerce that still exists in scholarly publishing today. Lavishly illustrated and elegantly conceived, it will be must reading for anyone interested in the history of the book or the production and diffusion of Enlightenment thought. 606 $aEnglish literature$xScottish authors$xPublishing 606 $aScottish literature$y18th century$xPublishing 606 $aPublishers and publishing$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPublishers and publishing$zIreland$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPublishers and publishing$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aAuthors and publishers$zScotland$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aEnglish literature$xScottish authors$xAppreciation 606 $aScottish literature$y18th century$xAppreciation 606 $aAuthors, Scottish$xIntellectual life$y18th century 606 $aEnlightenment$zScotland 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xScottish authors$xPublishing. 615 0$aScottish literature$xPublishing. 615 0$aPublishers and publishing$xHistory 615 0$aPublishers and publishing$xHistory 615 0$aPublishers and publishing$xHistory 615 0$aAuthors and publishers$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish literature$xScottish authors$xAppreciation. 615 0$aScottish literature$xAppreciation. 615 0$aAuthors, Scottish$xIntellectual life 615 0$aEnlightenment 676 $a070.50941109/033 700 $aSher$b Richard B.$f1948-$0938915 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454134503321 996 $aThe Enlightenment & the book$92116480 997 $aUNINA