Over the last twenty years, critics and historians of the late
Eighteenth-century have developed a multidisciplinary approach to the
history of culture. This dialogue between literary critics and
theorists, art historians and social historians is remapping the
relations between culture and society, politics and aesthetics, law and
representation. These essays by twelve internationally known scholars
return 'Taste' to a central position in the discussion of nation,
culture and aesthetics in the period.