Reading the Scottish Enlightenment [[electronic resource] ] : books and their readers in provincial Scotland, 1750-1820 / / by Mark R.M. Towsey

• Autore: Towsey Mark R. M
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Disciplina: 028; 028/.90941109033
• Soggetto topico: Books and reading - Scotland - History - 18th century; Books and reading - Scotland - History - 19th century; Enlightenment - Scotland; Reading interests - Scotland - History - 18th century; Reading interests - Scotland - History - 19th century; Libraries - Scotland - History - 18th century; Libraries - Scotland - History - 19th century; Philosophy, Scottish
• Soggetto geografico: Scotland Intellectual life 18th century; Scotland Intellectual life 19th century
• Note generali: Based on author's thesis, Ph.D., St. Andrews University, 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-360) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / M. Towsey -- Introduction. \' Enlightenment Everywhere\': Locating The Reader In The Scottish Enlightenment / M. Towsey -- I. \' One Of The Greatest Ornaments To A Gentleman\': Private Libraries / M. Towsey -- II. \' A Powerful Means Of Improving The Neighbourhood\': Subscription Libraries / M. Towsey -- III. \' Vice And Obscenity Dreadfully Propagated\': Circulating Libraries / M. Towsey -- IV. \' A Taste For Reading In The Country\': Religious And Endowed Libraries / M. Towsey -- V. \' This Map Of My Mind\': Recovering Historical Reading Experiences / M. Towsey -- VI. \' A Man Of Moderate Passions\': Fashioning An Enlightened Self / M. Towsey -- VII. \' That Independency Which A Whole Nation Had Renounced\': Negotiating Scottish Identity / M. Towsey -- VIII. \' The Patron Of Infidelity\': Reading Hume And The Common Sense Philosophers / M. Towsey -- Conclusion. \' Improved And Enlightened By Reading\': A Provincial Enlightenment? / M. Towsey -- Bibliography / M. Towsey -- Index / M. Towsey.
• Sommario/riassunto: It has become commonplace in recent decades for scholars to identify in the books of the Scottish Enlightenment the intellectual origins of the modern world, but little attention has yet been paid to its impact on contemporary readers. Drawing on a range of innovatory methodologies associated with the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of the history of reading, this book explores the reception of books by David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson and Thomas Reid (amongst many others), assessing their impact on the lives, beliefs and habits of mind of readers across the social scale. In the process, the book offers a fascinating new perspective on the fundamental importance of personal reading experiences to the social history of the Enlightenment.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reading the Scottish Enlightenment
• ISBN: 1-283-03921-4; 9786613039217; 90-04-19351-0; 90-04-18432-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788483303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of the written word ; ; 10.; Library of the written word. . -Handpress world ; ; 5.