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Tact: Aesthetic Liberalism and the Essay Form in Nineteenth-Century Britain
David Russell
Tact: Aesthetic Liberalism and the Essay Form in Nineteenth-Century Britain
David Russell
The social practice of tact was an invention of the nineteenth century, a period when Britain was witnessing unprecedented urbanization, industrialization, and population growth. In an era when more and more people lived more closely than ever before with people they knew less and less about, tact was a new mode of feeling one's way with others in
216 pages, 4 halftones.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | December 11, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9780691161198 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 216 |
Dimensions | 321 × 166 × 20 mm · 488 g |
Language | English |
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