The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and
Writing1660-1789 features coverage of the lives and works of almost 500
notable writers based in the British Isles from the return of the
British monarchy in 1660 until the French Revolution of 1789.
- Broad coverage of writers and texts presents a new picture of
18th-century British authorship
- Takes advantage of newly expanded eighteenth-century canon to include
significantly more women writers and labouring-class writers than have
traditionally been studied
- Draws on the latest scholarship to more accurately reflect the
literary achievements of the long eighteenth century