Citizens of the World : Adapting in the Eighteenth Century.
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- 9781611486858
- 809
- PN171.A33 -- C58 2015eb
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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