In September 1666 the Great Fire destroyed four-fifths of the ancient commercial City of London. All that had been familiar, settled, known, was suddenly swept away, and Londoners faced an emptiness that was not only physical but also historical, social, financial, and conceptual. In this study Cynthia Wall reads the literature of Restoration and early-eighteenth-century London in the context of other texts such as sermons, royal proclamations, maps, and topographies, and shows how literature attempts to reinvest the city with "modern" meaning and create new spaces for new genres.
In September 1666 the Great Fire destroyed four-fifths of the ancient commercial City of London. All that had been familiar, settled, known, was sudde...
This Concise Companion presents fresh perspectives on eighteenth-century literature.
Contributes to current debates in the field on subjects such as the public sphere, travel and exploration, scientific rhetoric, gender and the book trade, and historical versus literary perceptions of life on London streets.
Searches out connections between the remarkable number of new genres that appeared in the eighteenth century.
Crosses conventional disciplinary lines.
Demonstrates that philosophy, history, politics and social...
This Concise Companion presents fresh perspectives on eighteenth-century literature.
Unseen Hero, by Cynthia Wall, is a compelling, inspirational story that takes you into the life of Katharine Harris as she trades a life of pain and misery for one of love and mystery. I have to get out of here before he kills me, thought Kathairne in desperation. She reached up and wiped the blood from her numb face. Slowly she made her way to the door. She glanced back to the man who had beat her, he was sleeping soundly. She slipped out and ran to the barn. Once outside Katharine realized her danger. Charles would never let her go, he would come for her. Her fear drove her on to a new town...
Unseen Hero, by Cynthia Wall, is a compelling, inspirational story that takes you into the life of Katharine Harris as she trades a life of pain and m...
Today, when "globalization" is a buzzword invoked in nearly every realm, we turn back to the eighteenth century and witness the inherent globalization of its desires and, at times, its accomplishments. During the chronological eighteenth century, learning and knowledge were intimately connected across disciplinary and geographical boundaries, yet the connections themselves are largely unstudied. In The Eighteenth Centuries, twenty-two scholars across disciplines address the idea of plural Enlightenments and a global eighteenth century, transcending the demarcations that long...
Today, when "globalization" is a buzzword invoked in nearly every realm, we turn back to the eighteenth century and witness the inherent globalizat...
A very close look at language and landscape design in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, looking at how the word "approach" changed from a verb to a noun, coming to denote the drive up to an estate.
A very close look at language and landscape design in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, looking at how the word "approach" changed from a...
