Nine authors from prominent universities around the world show how the adventurous thinkers, artists, and adventurers of the eighteenth-century period placed adaptation at the center of the quest for a modern civilization. The book will appeal to cultural historians, historians of science, and those interested in literary metamorphoses.
Nine authors from prominent universities around the world show how the adventurous thinkers, artists, and adventurers of the eighteenth-century period placed adaptation at the center of the quest for a modern civilization. The book will appeal to cultural historians, historians of science, and those interested in literary metamorphoses.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850
Kevin L. Cope is professor at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge where he is also president of the Faculty Senate. Samara Anne Cahill is assistant professor of restoration and eighteenth-century English literature at Nanyang Technological University.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface: Surviving the Eighteenth Century by Samara Anne Cahill Introduction: "All manag'd for the best": Ecology and the Dynamics of Adaptation by David Fairer Part I: Interdisciplinary Adaptations Chapter One: The Elusive Image Rising over the Horizon: Re-contextualizing the Legacy of an Eighteenth-Century Aristocrat by Gilles Massot Chapter Two: Hot Air and Chilly Welcomes: Accidental Arrivals with Balloons and Airships in the Eighteenth Century and Beyond by Jessika Wichner Part II: Transnational Adaptations Chapter Three: Wide Open Hemispheres: Punch Bowls, Punch, and World Citizenship in Eighteenth-Century British Culture by Bärbel Czennia Chapter Four: "The story is now about us": Olive Senior to "England's wealthiest son" by Shirley Chew Part III: Gendered Adaptations Chapter Five: Avast Ye Mateys! There Be Pirates Here-But How Will We Recognize Them? by Kathryn Duncan Chapter Six: Sea and Mulberry: H Xuân H ng, Nguy n Du, and the Establishment of a Vietnamese National Literature by Susan Spencer and Nhu Nguyen Conclusion: The Coziness of Crisis: The Invigorating Enlightenment Art of Adapting to Almost Anything by Kevin L. Cope Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index About the Contributors
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface: Surviving the Eighteenth Century by Samara Anne Cahill Introduction: "All manag'd for the best": Ecology and the Dynamics of Adaptation by David Fairer Part I: Interdisciplinary Adaptations Chapter One: The Elusive Image Rising over the Horizon: Re-contextualizing the Legacy of an Eighteenth-Century Aristocrat by Gilles Massot Chapter Two: Hot Air and Chilly Welcomes: Accidental Arrivals with Balloons and Airships in the Eighteenth Century and Beyond by Jessika Wichner Part II: Transnational Adaptations Chapter Three: Wide Open Hemispheres: Punch Bowls, Punch, and World Citizenship in Eighteenth-Century British Culture by Bärbel Czennia Chapter Four: "The story is now about us": Olive Senior to "England's wealthiest son" by Shirley Chew Part III: Gendered Adaptations Chapter Five: Avast Ye Mateys! There Be Pirates Here-But How Will We Recognize Them? by Kathryn Duncan Chapter Six: Sea and Mulberry: H Xuân H ng, Nguy n Du, and the Establishment of a Vietnamese National Literature by Susan Spencer and Nhu Nguyen Conclusion: The Coziness of Crisis: The Invigorating Enlightenment Art of Adapting to Almost Anything by Kevin L. Cope Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index About the Contributors
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