Thread-topic: The long 18c (was RE: [EXLIBRIS-L] Selected Readings, No. 96)
It's been some years since I was active in SCSECS or EC/ASECS
(South-Central Society for 18th-Century Studies and East
Central/American Society for 18th-Century Studies), but the general
definition of the Long 18th Century amused me greatly at the time. These
societies were heavy with literary scholars, yet the most widely-stated
period parameters seemed to be 1660 to 1832--the restoration to the
passage of the Reform Bill, both political events.
With warm holiday wishes to all,
Deborah
p.s.. I just noticed that the list name is "Rare book [sic] and
manuscripts" instead of "Rare book and manuscript librarianship." Did
everybody else notice and I utterly miss the switch away from
"librarianship?"
_______________________
Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee
Head of Cataloging
Folger Shakespeare Library
202.675-0369
djleslie@folger.edu
http://www.folger.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Joel Berland [mailto:bcj@PSU.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:11 AM
To: EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] Selected Readings, No. 96
Since we dixhuitiemistes often deal with historical and cultural
currents that began before the arbitrary century marker of 1700 (for
England the beginning point is 1660) and currents that continue after
1800 (usually 1815 or 1830), we call our field the long eighteenth
century. <...>