Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Volume 4, the Eighteenth Century(Cambridge History of Literary Criticism)

Series: Cambridge History of Literary Criticism

This is the most comprehensive account to date of the history of literary criticism in Britain and Europe between 1660 and 1800. Unlike previous histories, it is not just a chronological survey, but a multi-disciplinary study of how the understanding of literature in the modern era was shaped by developments in intellectual, cultural and social history. It provides an authoritative historical over