The Atlantic Enlightenment

By:

Francis D Cogliano

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Hardback

Series:

Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies

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Transatlantic studies, especially during the enlightenment period, is of increasing critical interest amongst scholars. But was there an Atlantic Enlightenment? This interdisciplinary collection harnesses the work of some of the most prominent figures in the fields of literature; intellectual, cultural, and social history; geography; and political science to examine the emergence of the Atlantic as one of the key conceptual paradigms of eighteenth century studies. In this spirit, the contributors offer new insights into the conditions that generated a major transatlantic genre of writing; addressing questions of race, political economy, and the transmission of Enlightenment ideas in literary, political, historical, and religious contexts. Whether examining John Witherspoon's evolution from Calvinist theologian to Revolutionary theorist, or Adam Smith's reception in the antebellum United States, the essays remind us that the transatlantic traffic in ideas moved from west to east, from east to west, and in patterns that both complicate and enrich what we thought we knew about the vectors of transmission in this pivotal period.

Author Biography:

Susan Manning is Grierson Professor of English Literature and Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Francis D. Cogliano is Professor in American History at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Contributors: Susan Manning, Francis D. Cogliano, Paul Giles, Charles W.J. Withers, Daniel W. Howe, Emma Rothschild, Thomas Ahnert, Sarah F. Wood, James Chandler, Peter S. Onuf, Paul A. Gilje.

Release date Australia

March 13th, 2008

Author

Francis D Cogliano

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Contributor

Edited by Susan Manning

Pages

224

Series

Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies

Dimensions

156x234x14

ISBN-13

9780754660408

Product ID

3771067

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