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Always interdisciplinary, the field of eighteenth-century studies has recently become genuinely international. To reflect this global emphasis, this volume of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture gathers four essays under the rubric of -The Geography of Enlightenment.- Set in a variety of local habitations from the European periphery to the American frontier, each of these essays addresses how a relative sense of place determines interpretation.

Other essays explore such topics as the aesthetics of novelty in Addison and Sterne, the influence of the religious lyric on...

Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture reflects new and highly promising directions of research in the field. The latest volume contains essays by Paula R. Backscheider on theatrical spectacle and by April London on anecdote in Sarah Fielding, as well as considerations of translation in Dennis by Sarah B. Stein, of family in Defoe by Ann Campbell, of ideology in Fantomina by Patricia Comitini, of popular music in Rousseau by Rebecca Dowd Geoffroy-Schwinden.

In addition, readers will find studies of the body in Berkeley by Joanne E. Myers, of prostitution in Restif de...

Throughout the eighteenth century, shifts in political power and social structures were making their way across Europe and into the New World. In this volume of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, editors Ourida Mostefai and Catherine Ingrassia have brought together four clusters of related essays that explore the complexities of national and international identity in light of these changes, integrating such diverse fields of scholarship as women's studies, literary theory, and art history. Topics addressed range from gambling and the relationship between money and power to the...