James Van Horn Melton

The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe

Herausgeber: Beik, William; Blanning, T. C. W.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

James Melton's lucid and accessible study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9780521465731
• ISBN-10: 0521465737
• Artikelnr.: 25686739

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: what is the public sphere? Part I. Politics and the Rise of Public Opinion: The Cases of England and France: 1. The peculiarities of the English
2. Opacity and transparency: French political culture in the eighteenth century
Part II. Readers, Writers and Spectators: 3. Reading publics: transformations of the literary public sphere
4. Eighteenth century authorship
5. From courts to consumers: theatre publics
Part III. Being Sociable: 6. Enlightenment salons
7. Drinking in public: taverns and coffeehouses
8. Freemasons
Conclusion.