Benchimol, Alex <br/><br/>
Cultures of Improvement in Scottish Romanticism, 1707-1840 

 -  Taylor & Francis  2018 
 - 1 online resource (248 p.) 
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<br/><br/> The first applied research volume in Scottish Romanticism, this collection foregrounds the concept of 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. It represents a vital moment in Romantic studies, as a 'four-nations' interrogation of the British context reaches maturity. Equally, the volume contributes to a central concern in the study of Scottish culture, amplifying a critical synthesis of Romanticism and Enlightenment. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781351056427_oachapter9.pdf 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781351056427 9781351056427 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781351056427  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>European history<br/>General and world history<br/>History
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Adam Budd Alex Deans century courant edinburgh eighteenth enlightenment evening Gerard Carruthers Gerard Lee McKeever late magazine Megan Coyer Michael Morris Nigel Leask Penny Fielding Sarah Sharp scotland scots Tom Furniss