James Plumptre's Britain

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James Plumptre was an Evangelical clergyman and Cambridge don who, between the ages of 19 and 29, made several tours of Britain. (Journal of a Tour Through Part

The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century

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Often regarded as trivial and disposable, printed ephemera, such as tickets, playbills and handbills, was essential in the development of eighteenth-century cul

Mountaineering and British Romanticism

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This book examines the relationship between Romantic-period writing and the activity that Samuel Taylor Coleridge christened 'mountaineering' in 1802. It argues

Domestic Space in Britain, 1750-1840

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Between 1750 and 1840, the home took on unprecedented social and emotional significance. Focusing on the design, decoration, and reception of a range of elite a

Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760–1830

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In this fascinating study, Samantha George explores the cultivation of the female mind and the feminised discourse of botanical literature in eighteenth-century