{"product_id":"fame-and-fortune-sir-john-hill-and-london-life-in-the-1750s-hardcover","title":"Fame and Fortune: Sir John Hill and London Life in the 1750s - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClare Brant\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Rousseau\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis multi-disciplinary essay collection explores the controversial life and achievements of Sir John Hill (1714-1775), a prolific contributor to Georgian England's literature, medicine and science. By the time he died, he had been knighted by the Swedish monarch and become a household name among scientists and writers throughout Britain and Europe. In 1750s London he was a celebrity, but he was also widely vilified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHill, an important writer of urban space, also helped define London through his periodicals and fictions. As well as examining his significance and achievements, this book makes Hill a means of exploring the lively intellectual and public world of London in the 1750s where rivalries abounded, and where clubs, societies, coffee-houses, theatres and pleasure gardens shaped fame and fortunes. By investigating one individual's intersections with his metropolis, \u003ci\u003eFame and Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e restores Hill to view and contributes new understandings of the forms and functionsof eighteenth-century intellectual worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis multi-disciplinary essay collection explores the controversial life and achievements of Sir John Hill (1714-1775), the prolific contributor to Georgian England's literature, medicine and science. By the time he died, he had been knighted by the Swedish monarch and become a household name among scientists and writers throughout Britain and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHill, an important writer of urban space, also helped define London through his periodicals and fictions. As well as examining his significance and achievements, his vilification and rise to celebrity, this book makes Hill a means of exploring the lively intellectual and public world of London in the 1750s where rivalries abounded, and where clubs, societies, coffee-houses, theatres and pleasure gardens shaped fame and fortunes. By investigating one individual's intersections with his metropolis, \u003ci\u003eFame and Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e restores Hill to view and contributes new understandings of the forms and functions of eighteenth-century intellectual worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClare Brant is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture at King's College London, UK, where she also co-directs the Centre for Life-Writing Research. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEighteenth-Century Letters and British Culture\u003c\/i\u003e which won the European Society for the Study of English Book Award in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Rousseau of the University of Oxford, UK, is the author of \u003ci\u003eNervous Acts: Essays on\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Notorious Sir John Hill: The Man Destroyed by Ambition in the Age of Celebrity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46582109012165,"sku":"9781137580535","price":190.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/8VJiCW2g1X9781137580535.webp?v=1784797554","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/fame-and-fortune-sir-john-hill-and-london-life-in-the-1750s-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}