The Enlightenment and the Book: Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and AmericaUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 sep 2008 - 842 pagina's The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. |
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... David Hume engraved by Joseph Collyer the younger , 1788 170 2.11 . Tobias Smollett engraved by Joseph Collyer the younger , 2.12 . 1790 William Robertson by Sir Joshua Reynolds 171 174 2.13 . Frontispiece portrait in Robertson's ...
... David Hume , Adam Smith , and other eighteenth - century Scottish thinkers , but they insist that their contributions should be con- sidered within the framework of a larger entity called the British Enlight- enment , which they view as ...
... David Hume , William Robertson , Adam Smith , and Tobias Smollett . If changes in copyright law alone cannot explain the enduring popularity of the old canon and the strong Scottish representation within it , how can we account for ...
... David Hume in 1748, collaborative publishing projects flourished among them. Such collaboration depended in large measure on friendship and trust rooted in their early years in Edinburgh. But those bonds did not necessarily extend to ...
... David Hume “Really it is admirable how many Men of Genius this Country produces at present,” wrote David Hume to his countryman Gilbert Elliot in July 1757. “Is it not strange,” he continued, “that, at a time when we have lost our ...
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Part II Publishing the Scottish Enlightenment in London and Edinburgh | 263 |
Part III Reprinting the Scottish Enlightenment in Dublin and Philadelphia | 441 |
Tables | 611 |
Bibliography | 709 |
Index | 757 |
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