Eighteenth Century English Literature

Acknowledgements vi

Introduction 1

1 National Identity and a National Literature 9

2 Print Culture and the Public Sphere 41

3 The City 63

4 The Countryside 90

5 Individuality and Imagination 114

6 Religious Experience 136

7 Female Sexuality and Domesticity 156

8 Wit and Sensibility 185

9 Trade and Travel 205

10 Colonialism and Slavery 232

Notes 262

Index 280