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Citizens of the World : Adapting in the Eighteenth Century.

Cahill, Samara Anne.

Citizens of the World : Adapting in the Eighteenth Century. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (223 pages)

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PartI. INTERDISCIPLINARY ADAPTATIONS -- Ch01. THE ELUSIVE IMAGE RISING OVER THE HORIZON -- Ch02. HOT AIR AND CHILLY WELCOMES -- Part II. TRANSNATIONAL ADAPTATIONS -- Ch03. WIDE-OPEN HEMISPHERES -- Ch04. "THE STORY IS NOW ABOUT US" -- Part III. GENDERED ADAPTATIONS -- Ch05. AVAST YE MATEYS! THERE BE PIRATES HERE-BUT HOW WILL WE RECOGNIZE THEM? -- Ch06. SEA AND MULBERRY -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS.

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.

9781611486858


Literature and society - History - 18th century.


Electronic books.

PN171.A33 -- C58 2015eb

809

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