The pleasures of the imagination: English culture in the eighteenth century

1. Changing places: the court and the city

2. The pleasures of the imagination .

3. Authors, publishers and the making of literary culture.

4. Readers and the reading public.

5. The market and the academy.

6. Connoisseurs and artists.

7. Painters' practice, artists' lives.

8. The Georgian stage.

9. The theatre, power and commerce.

10. Performance for the nation.

11. Borrowing, copying and collecting.

12. The English provinces.

13. Thomas Bewick: 'The poet who lives on the banks of the Tyne'.

14. 'The harmony of heaven': John Marsh and provincial music.

15. 'Queen Muse of Britain': Anna Seward of Lichfield and the literary provinces..

16. Culture, nature and nation.

Cover; THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Note to the Routledge edition; Preface; Introduction; PART I Contexts; 1 Changing places: the court and the city; 2 The pleasures of the imagination; PART II Print; 3 Authors, publishers and the making of literary culture; 4 Readers and the reading public; PART III Paint; 5 The market and the academy; 6 Connoisseurs and artists; 7 Painters' practice, artists' lives; PART IV Performance; 8 The Georgian stage; 9 The theatre, power and commerce; 10 Performance for the nation.

PART V Making a national heritage11 Borrowing, copying and collecting; PART VI Province and Nation; 12 The English provinces; 13 Thomas Bewick: 'The poet who lives on the banks of the Tyne'; 14 'The harmony of heaven': John Marsh and provincial music; 15 'Queen Muse of Britain': Anna Seward of Lichfield and the literary provinces; PART VII Britain; 16 Culture, nature and nation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.