| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 152 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Epilogue; Bibliography |
| Summary |
The Enlightenment of peasants, an 18th-century phenomenon that originated from an interest in common people and ideas of about the emancipation of the lower classes, had a crucial impact on creating Latvian secular literary culture. When Baltic German intellectuals, inspired by the Popular Enlightenment in German-speaking countries, undertook the task to educate Latvian peasants through books, they also laid the foundation for the future emancipation of Latvian culture. By exploring the nature of book production and changing images of peasants in Livonia and Courland in the second part of the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Latvia -- Civilization -- 18th century.
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Latvia. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Daija, Pauls. Literary history and popular enlightenment in Latvian culture. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 1443855170 (OCoLC)972570074 |
| ISBN |
9781443892551 (electronic book) |
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1443892556 (electronic book) |
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1443855170 |
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9781443855174 |
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