Cultures of Improvement in Scottish Romanticism, 1707-1840 - Paperback

by Alex Benchimol (Editor), Gerard Lee McKeever (Editor)

This collection foregrounds progress as "improvement" as a constitutive theme of Scottish writing during the long eighteenth century. It explores improvement as the animating principle behind Scotland's post-1707 project of modernization, a narrative both shaped and reflected in the literary sphere.

Author Biography

Alex Benchimol is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow.

Gerard Lee McKeever is a founding Co-Convener of the Scottish Romanticism Research Group at the University of Glasgow.