The qualities and achievements of eighteenth century English literature have suffered denigration as a result of a prevailing Whig interpretation of literary history. It is the contention of this book, originally published in 1986, that an alternative form of Whig interpretation is possible and even desirable.
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Preface. Part 1: Freedom's Ample Fabric (a) The Arts and Liberty (b) Freedom and the National Character Part 2: The Early Decades (a) The Third Earl of Shaftesbury (b) Thomas Blackwell (c) Mark Akenside (d) Augustan, Grecian, Gothic Part 3: David Hume - Turning Points. Part 4: The 1760s and Beyond (a) Brown and Sheridan (b) Adam Ferguson (c) Dr Johnson Part 5: William Wordsworth. Conclusion. Notes. Index.
