The Books That Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies by Kates, Gary
The Books That Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies by Kates, Gary

The Books That Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies

In contrast to traditional Enlightenment studies that focus solely on authors and ideas, Gary Kates' employs a...
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The Books That Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies by Kates, Gary

The Books That Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies

$377.50
The Books That Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies by Kates, Gary

The Books That Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies

$377.50
Author: Gary Kates
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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In contrast to traditional Enlightenment studies that focus solely on authors and ideas, Gary Kates' employs a literary lens to offer a wholly original history of the period in Europe from 1699 to 1780. Each chapter is a biography of a book which tells the story of the text from its inception through to the revolutionary era, with wider aspects of the Enlightenment era being revealed through the narrative of the book's publication and reception. Here, Kates joins new approaches to book history with more traditional intellectual history by treating authors, publishers, and readers in a balanced fashion throughout.

Using a unique database of 18th-century editions representing 5,000 titles, the book looks at the multifaceted significance of bestsellers from the time. It analyses key works by Voltaire, Adam Smith, Madame de Graffigny, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume and champions the importance of a crucial innovation of the age: the rise of the 'erudite blockbuster', which for the first time in European history, helped to popularize political theory among a large portion of the middling classes. Kates also highlights how, when, and why some of these books were read in the European colonies, as well as incorporating the responses of both ordinary men and women as part of the reception histories that are so integral to the volume.

Author: Gary Kates
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 09/08/2022
Pages: 456
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781350277649

About the Author
Kates, Gary: - Gary Kates is H. Russell Smith Foundation Chair in the Social Sciences and Professor of History at Pomona College, USA. He is the author of Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 2nd Edition (2015; with Jennifer Popiel and Mark C. Carnes) and Monsieur d'Eon Is a Woman: A Tale of Political Intrigue and Sexual Masquerade (1995), which has been translated into three different languages. He is also the editor of The French Revolution: Recent Debates and New Controversies (1988).Cowan, Brian: - Brian Cowan is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Early Modern British History at McGill University, Canada. He is the author of The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse (2005), which was awarded the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize by the Canadian Historical Association in 2006, and The State Trial of Doctor Henry Sacheverell (2012).Kümin, Beat: - Beat Kumin is Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Warwick, UK.
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