Imperial Paradoxes - Training the Senses and Tasting the Eighteenth Century

At war for sixty years, eighteenth-century Britain and France experienced demographic, social, and economic exchanges despite their imperial rivalry. Paradoxically, this rivalry spurred their participation in scientific and industrial developments. Their shared interest in standards of living and cultural practices was fuelled by migration and philosophical exchanges that reciprocally transmitted the values of urban geography, medicine, teaching, and the industrial and fine arts. In Imperial Paradoxes Robert Merrett compares British and French literature on those topics.

About the author

Robert James Merrett is professor emeritus of English and film studies at the University of Alberta.

Product details

• Authors: Robert James Merrett
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780228006848
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00684-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 151 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 618 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the; McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies