It explores Thomas Gray's polymathic scholarship within the changing norms of 18th-century disciplines, locating him within histories of specialisation and examining the ways in which he challenges their narratives. Offering fresh understanding, it will appeal to scholars of eighteenth-century literary, intellectual, and scientific history
It explores Thomas Gray's polymathic scholarship within the changing norms of 18th-century disciplines, locating him within histories of specialisation and examining the ways in which he challenges their narratives. Offering fresh understanding, it will appeal to scholars of eighteenth-century literary, intellectual, and scientific history
Ruth Abbott is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge, UK. Ephraim Levinson is a Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, UK.
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List of Contributors Acknowledgements Preface. The Organisation of Knowledge in Thomas Gray's Manuscripts, 1716-1771 Ruth Abbott Introduction. Literature, Scholarship, and the Disciplines in the Reception of Thomas Gray, 1771-2021 Ephraim Levinson Chapter 1. Thomas Gray, Menippean Satire, and the Antiquarian Method Charlotte Roberts Chapter 2. New Manuscript Material from Thomas Gray's Grand Tour Stephen Clarke Chapter 3. Thomas Gray as Music Collector Nathalie Dupuis-Désormeaux Chapter 4. Lucretius, Locke, and Latinitas in Thomas Gray's De Principiis Cogitandi Estelle Haan Chapter 5. Thomas Gray's Oriental Scholarship Kelsey Jackson Williams Chapter 6. Thomas Gray's Geographic Imagination Joshua Swidzinski Chapter 7. Thomas Gray among the Medievalists Lotte Reinbold Chapter 8. Queering Thomas Gray's Celticism Rhys Kaminski-Jones Chapter 9. Thomas Gray's Understanding and Reviving of Historical Architecture Peter N. Lindfield Chapter 10. Thomas Gray, Authorship, and A Catalogue of the Antiquities, Houses, Parks, Plantations, Scenes, and Situations in England and Wales Ephraim Levinson Chapter 11. Thomas Gray and Meteorology Tess Somervell Chapter 12. Thomas Gray and the Art of Transcribing Historical Manuscripts Ruth Abbott Chapter 13. Thomas Gray as Reader and Writer of the Natural World Scott Mandelbrote and Edwin Rose Index
List of Contributors Acknowledgements Preface. The Organisation of Knowledge in Thomas Gray's Manuscripts, 1716-1771 Ruth Abbott Introduction. Literature, Scholarship, and the Disciplines in the Reception of Thomas Gray, 1771-2021 Ephraim Levinson Chapter 1. Thomas Gray, Menippean Satire, and the Antiquarian Method Charlotte Roberts Chapter 2. New Manuscript Material from Thomas Gray's Grand Tour Stephen Clarke Chapter 3. Thomas Gray as Music Collector Nathalie Dupuis-Désormeaux Chapter 4. Lucretius, Locke, and Latinitas in Thomas Gray's De Principiis Cogitandi Estelle Haan Chapter 5. Thomas Gray's Oriental Scholarship Kelsey Jackson Williams Chapter 6. Thomas Gray's Geographic Imagination Joshua Swidzinski Chapter 7. Thomas Gray among the Medievalists Lotte Reinbold Chapter 8. Queering Thomas Gray's Celticism Rhys Kaminski-Jones Chapter 9. Thomas Gray's Understanding and Reviving of Historical Architecture Peter N. Lindfield Chapter 10. Thomas Gray, Authorship, and A Catalogue of the Antiquities, Houses, Parks, Plantations, Scenes, and Situations in England and Wales Ephraim Levinson Chapter 11. Thomas Gray and Meteorology Tess Somervell Chapter 12. Thomas Gray and the Art of Transcribing Historical Manuscripts Ruth Abbott Chapter 13. Thomas Gray as Reader and Writer of the Natural World Scott Mandelbrote and Edwin Rose Index
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