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The idea of improvement - gradual and cumulative betterment - was something new in 17th century England. It became commonplace to assert that improvements in agriculture, industry, commerce, and social welfare would bring infinite prosperity and happiness. The word improvement was itself new, and since it had no equivalent in other languages, it gave the English a distinctive culture of improvement which they took with them to Ireland, Scotland, and America. Slack explains the political, intellectual, and economic circumstances which allowed notions of improvement to take root.

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Engelsk litteratur --- Boktryckerihistoria. --- English literature --- Printing --- Historia. --- History and criticism. --- History. --- 1400-talet. --- 1500-talet. --- 1600-talet.

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Book history --- Theory of knowledge --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Brevskrivning. --- Brief. --- Communication in science --- Communication in science. --- Congressi --- Epistemologia --- Epistolografia --- Forskningsinformation. --- Historia. --- Information scientifique --- Letter writing --- Letter writing. --- Wissenschaftstransfer. --- 1500-1699. --- 1500-talet. --- 1600-talet.

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Transl. by Diane Webb. In 'Europe within reach' Gerrit Verhoeven traces some sweeping evolutions in the early modern travel behaviour of Dutch and Flemish elites (1585-1750), as the classical Grand Tour was slowly but surely overshadowed by other types of travelling. 0Leisure trips to Paris, London or Berlin, a cours pittoresque along the Rhine, domestic trips in the Low Countries and a series of other destinations gained ground, while new sorts of travellers cropped up: female and middle-class travellers, domestic servants, children, youngsters and the elderly. Verhoeven does not only trace these evolutions, but also explains why Netherlandish travellers gradually turned into art connoisseurs; why they were spellbound by sites of memory and by rugged landscapes; or why all sorts of fashionable gadgets and thingies were bought on the way.

grand tours --- History of the Low Countries --- History of Europe --- journeys --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Dutch --- Flemings --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Grand tours (Education) --- Travel --- History --- Europe --- Description and travel. --- Eliter --- Flamländare --- Resor --- historia. --- 1500-talet --- 1600-talet --- 1700-talet --- Belgien. --- Nederländerna. --- Europa. --- 1500-talet. --- 1600-talet. --- Grand tours (Education). --- 1700-talet. --- Historia. --- Education --- Voyages and travels --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Leadership --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Flemish people --- Ethnology --- Dutchmen (Dutch people) --- Hollanders --- Description and travel --- E-books --- reis en educatie

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"The original essays in Oxford Twenty-First Century Approaches to Literature mean to provoke rather than reassure, to challenge rather than codify. Instead of summarizing existing knowledge scholars working in the field aim at opening fresh discussion; instead of emphasizing settled consensus they direct their readers to areas of enlivened and unresolved debate. Following the models established by previous volumes in the series, Early Modern Theatricality launches a new generation of scholarship on early modern drama by focusing on the rich formal capacities of theatrical performance. The collection gathers some of the most innovative critics in the field to examine the techniques, objects, bodies, and conventions that characterized early modern theatricality, from the Tudor period to the Restoration. Taking their cues from a series of guiding keywords, the contributors identify the fundamental features of theatricality in the period, using them to launch conceptually adventurous arguments that provoke our rediscovery of early modern drama in all its complexity and inventiveness."--Pub. desc.

English literature --- Theatrical science --- Drama --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- English drama --- Theater --- Théâtre anglais --- Théâtre --- History and criticism. --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- English drama. --- Theater. --- Aufführung. --- Englisch. --- Drama. --- Englisch --- Aufführung --- Literature. --- Teater --- Engelsk dramatik --- Early modern and Elizabethan. --- historia. --- 1500-1699. --- 1500-talet. --- 1600-talet. --- England. --- England --- Théâtre anglais --- Théâtre --- English drama - 17th century - History and criticism. --- English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism.