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Alle Exemplare der Ausgabe mit dieser ISBN anzeigen:‘If you want to understand how English culture reinvented itself in the 18th century, read The Pleasures of the Imagination ... Like all really original achievements it makes us sharply rethink things we supposed we knew well, but it does so with humour and humanity, and through the text runs Brewer’s remarkable intellect – forceful, lucid and penetrating.’
SIMON SCHAMA
Brewer’s classic volume transforms our view of England in the 18th century as comprehensively as Simon Schama’s The Embarrassment of Riches did of the Netherlands of the 17th century.
This book examines the birth and development of English ‘high culture’ in the 18th century. It charts the growth of a literary and artistic world fostered by publishers, theatrical and musical impresarios, picture dealers and auctioneers and presented to the public in coffee-houses, concert halls, libraries, theatres and pleasure gardens.
Its purpose is to show how literature, painting, music and the theatre were communicated to a public increasinly avid for them. The towering figures of the time are here – Johnson, Reynolds, Garrick and Handel – but also lesser known figures such as Thomas Bewick the Newcastle engraver and the Lichfield literary bluestocking Anna Seward.
Brewer explores the alleys and garrets of Grub Street, rummages the shelves of bookshops and libraries, peers through printsellers’ shop windows and slips behind the scenes at Drury Lane. It reveals a picture of English artistic and literary life which is more surprising, more various and more convincing than any we have seen before.
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Buchbeschreibung Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR001758693
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11540037-20
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2000grams, ISBN:9780002555371. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8528805
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil & highlighter markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2050grams, ISBN:9780002555371. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8689643
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2000grams, ISBN:9780002555371. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9143219
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked copy with firm hinges, sharp corners. DJ has faded strip to spine o/w VG+ condition. BP/Brit Cultural Hist. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1676838894121
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0000904093
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Buchbeschreibung Black Cloth Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Examination of the birth and development of the vibrant English culture of the 18th century. 721pp with index, illustrated profusely throughout in colour and black and white. Gilt lettering on red title label to spine, dark endpapers. Slight marking to lower edges and crease to front endpaper, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage may be required. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 015120
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Black hardcover, spine with gold-color lettering on red background, xxx, 721 pp., 12 color plates, numerous b/w illus., full-color illustrated jacket in Brodart sleeve. Excellent condition. Explores the subtle blend of cultivation and snobbery out of which English artistic taste emerged in the eighteenth century. **This book weighs 5 lbs (2.26 kg). Extra charges for priority and international shipping.**. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 025615
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. FIRST EDITION with shelf worn dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0000127263
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