Enlightenment in Ruins

Crossing disciplinary boundaries between eighteenth-century studies and Irish studies, this book explores the geographies and politics of Oliver Goldsmith’s complex and productive negotiation of the London literary marketplace during the enlightenment.

Acknowledgments

Chronology of Goldsmith's career
List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: Comparative views of races and nations
1. The cultural climate: natural histories of national character
2. The lie of the land: liberty and travel

Part 2: Political landscapes and bodies politic
3. Delicate allegories: Ireland and the East
4. Geographies of Ruin: Ireland, America and Auburn's absentees

Ill Fares the Land: Conclusion

Bibliography

Index