The Long 18th Century: 12 (Contexts) - Softcover

The books in the Contexts series provide broad-ranging and accessible information about the literary, historical and cultural background of the major periods and genres, Taking its instigation from the ways in which literary texts define their own area of reference within their historical moment, each volume also questions canonical readings of its period, and contains relevant extracts from contemporary documents to aid further discussion.

PAUL BAINES is Reader in English Literature at the School of English, University of Liverpool, UK