Eighteenth-Century Popular Culture

A Selection
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-871135-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

This collection makes available what was once popular but has long been buried. During the eighteenth century, popular culture assumed a peculiar importance. In the early part of the century, high and low cultures often collided. Later in the century, politeness more and more required the distancing of genteel from vulgar amusements. This carefully annotated selection rediscovers some of the energies of the low and the vulgar in the period. It examines particular themes (crime, religious enthusiasm, popular politics, for example) by telling particular stories (the career of a notorious criminal, the exploits of a religious sect, John Wilkes and the crowd). It also illustrates how the very idea of popular culture was formed in the period, providing examples of the ways in which it was discussed both by those who were fearful of it and those who were fascinated by it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mullan, John

Reid, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Using the Selection

- 1: Eighteenth-Century Views of Popular Culture

- 2: Religious enthusiasm: the French Prophets, 1707-1711

- 3: Fairgoers and Reformers: the Struggle for Bartholomew Fair

- 4: Almanacs: Astrology and Popular Protestantism

- 5: Crime: the Fortunes of Jack Sheppard

- 6: Custom and the Calendar: the Gregorian Reform and its Opponents

- 7: Popular Politics: John Wilkes and the Crowd, 1768-70

- 8: Popular Perceptions of Empire: Native Americans in Britain in the 1760s

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Mullan is Senior Lecturer in English, University College, London

Christopher Reid is Senior Lecturer in English, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London