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
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