Studies in the eighteenth century : papers presented at the David Nichol Smith Memorial Seminar, Canberra, 1966

The papers brought together in this volume bear witness to the growing vigour and diversity of eighteenth-century studies. The seminar at which they were presented was held to honour the memory of a literary scholar, David Nichol Smith. It is therefore understandable and fitting that the majority of the contributions should be concerned primarily with literature. History, art, and philosophy, however, are also dealt with; and the collection as a whole offers a widely ranging and illuminating survey of the period. Contents 7 Preface 9 Notes on Contributors 13 D.N.S. A Biographical Note 17 David Nichol Smith 21 The Enlightenment: Towards a Useful Redefinition 37 The Development of Eighteenth-Century Studies in the British Commonwealth 51 Middle-Class Literacy in Eighteenth-Century England: Fresh Evidence 69 Two Historical Aspects of the Augustan Tradition 87 ‘Sentiment’: Some Uses of the Word in the Writings of David Hume 109 Johnson’s Neglected Muse: The Drama 129 The Muse of Mercantilism: Jago, Grainger, and Dyer 139 The Birth of Tristram Shandy: Sterne and Dr Burton 153 Some Eighteenth-Century Attempts to Use the Notion of Happiness 175 The Augustan Mode in English Poetry 191 ‘From a Fable form a Truth’: A Consideration of the Fable in Swift’s Poetry 213 Milton and the German Mind in the Eighteenth Century 225 The Grand Tour and the Rule of Taste 251 Johnson’s London: The Country Versus the City 271 The Apocalypse of Christopher Smart 289 The Classical Learning of Samuel Johnson 305 Bibliography of Works by and about David Nichol Smith 327 Subscribers 335 Index 337