Michael North

'Material Delight and the Joy of Living' (eBook, ePUB)

Cultural Consumption in the Age of Enlightenment in Germany

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Eighteenth-century Europe witnessed a commercialisation of culture as the marketing of culture became separated from its production and new cultural entrepreneurs entered the stage. Cultural consumption also played a substantial role in creating social identity. In this book, Michael North systematically explores this field for the first time in regard to the European Continent, and especially to eighteenth-century Germany. Chapters focus on the new forms of entertainment - concerts, theatre, opera, reading societies and traveling - on the one hand and on the new material culture - fashion, gardens, country houses and furniture - on the other.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351919159
• Artikelnr.: 47954541

Autorenporträt

Michael North is Professor of Modern History at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Germany

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword
Introduction: the 18th century - an age of cultural consumption
Books and reading
Travel and the culture of travel
Fashion and luxury
The culture of domestic interiors
Gardens and country houses
Art and taste
Musical culture
Theatre and opera
The new stimulants and sociability
Conclusion: cultural consumption and identity
Notes
Select bibliography and archival sources
Index.