A monthly series in which a leading writer or critic reviews a new publication. In The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the 18th Century, the acclaimed historian John Brewer examines the way issues of taste and imagination exercised many of the leading minds of the Enlightenment. As commercial artists and producers increasingly took the artistic lead from royal courts, the modern idea of a high culture was shaped. Ludmilla Jordanova reflects on Brewer's view of the 18th century and its lasting influence.
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