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"The first applied research volume in Scottish Romanticism, this collection foregrounds the concept of progress as 'improvement' as a constitutive theme of Scottish writing during the long eighteenth century. It explores improvement as the animating principle behind Scotlands post-1707 project of modernization, a narrative both shaped and reflected in the literary sphere. It represents a vital moment in Romantic studies, as a 'four-nations' interrogation of the British context reaches maturity. Equally, the volume contributes to a central concern in the study of Scottish culture, amplifying a critical synthesis of Romanticism and Enlightenment. The conceptual motif of improvement allows an illumination of the boundaries (and beyond) of conventional notions of Romanticism, tracing its long, evolving imbrication with Enlightenment in Scotland. Exploring the holistic treatment of improvement in Scottish literature, chapter-studies include work on agricultural improvement and processes of commercialization, polite cultural renewal and the cotton trade, an expanding print culture and spirituality in death rituals. Taken as a whole, this amounts to an interdisciplinary re-consideration of the central role of improvement in Scottish cultural history of the long eighteenth century, of interest to a wide range of scholars, reflecting the vitality of the exchange between Enlightenment and Romanticism in Scotland."--Provided by publisher.

English literature --- Romanticism --- Scottish literature --- Scottish authors --- History and criticism. --- Pseudo-romanticism --- Romanticism in literature --- Aesthetics --- Fiction --- Literary movements --- Scotland --- In literature. --- Adam Budd --- Alex Deans --- century --- courant --- edinburgh --- eighteenth --- enlightenment --- evening --- Gerard Carruthers --- Gerard Lee McKeever --- late --- Megan Coyer --- Michael Morris --- magazine --- Nigel Leask --- Penny Fielding --- Sarah Sharp --- scotland --- scots --- Tom Furniss

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As anyone who has read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales knows, Middle English literature is rife with sexually explicit language and situations. Less canonical works can be even more brazen in describing illicit acts of sexual activity and sexual violence. Such scenes and language were not, however, included exclusively for titillation. In 'Obscene Pedagogies', Carissa M. Harris argues instead for obscenity's usefulness in sexual education. She investigates the relationship between obscenity, gender and pedagogy in Middle English and Middle Scots literary texts from 1300 to 1580 to show how sexually explicit and defiantly vulgar speech taught readers and listeners about sexual behaviour and consent.

Sex role --- Sex instruction --- Misogyny in literature. --- Sex in literature. --- Obscene words in literature. --- English literature --- Words, Obscene, in literature --- Sex --- Sex education --- Family life education --- Sex counseling --- Sexual health --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- History --- History and criticism. --- Study and teaching --- Scottish literature --- Scots literature --- British literature --- obscenity, rape culture, sexual violence, sexual education, consent, misogyny, Medieval literature, Middle English, sex in the Middle Ages, medieval obscenity, Chaucer, Middle Scots. --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles