In Heroines and Local Girls, Pamela L. Cheek explores the rise of women's writing as a distinct, transnational category in Britain and Europe over the long eighteenth century, characterized by stories about heroines who transcend their gendered destiny.
Main description: Wie verhält sich Emotionalität zu Wissen und Erkenntnis? Wie beeinflussen sie unseren Umgang mit dem Wissen, unsere Orientierung in der Welt? Die hier versammelten Beiträge nähern sich dem 18. Jahrhundert als einer Zeit, die auf diese Fragen originelle und bis …
How is emotion related to knowledge and understanding? The articles assembled in this volume examine the 18th century as a time of discovery, when original answers to these questions were developed. The articles consider the impact of emotions on perception, the importance of na…
India Inscribed is the first comprehensive study of European and British writing on India in the period 1600-1800, from the foundation of the East India Company to the defeat of Tipu Sultan. Britain's transition from trading partner to colonial power is charted through a detaile…
India Inscribed is the first comprehensive study of European and British writing on India in the period 1600-1800, from the foundation of the East India Company to the defeat of Tipu Sultan. Britain's transition from trading partner to colonial power is charted through a detaile…
"A History of Romantic Literature provides a richly integrated account of shared themes, interests, innovations, rivalries, and disputes among the writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It examines the literatures of sensibility and intensity as well as t…
"A History of Romantic Literature provides a richly integrated account of shared themes, interests, innovations, rivalries, and disputes among the writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It examines the literatures of sensibility and intensity as well as t…
"A History of Romantic Literature provides a richly integrated account of shared themes, interests, innovations, rivalries, and disputes among the writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It examines the literatures of sensibility and intensity as well as t…
Friedrich der Große erweist sich in seinem schriftstellerischen Werk sowie in seinen literarisch-philosophischen Briefwechseln, vor allem mit Voltaire, als ein unermüdlicher und höchst eigenwilliger Leser der einschlägigen französischsprachigen Debattenbeiträge der westeuropäisc…
Friedrich der Große erweist sich in seinem schriftstellerischen Werk sowie in seinen literarisch-philosophischen Briefwechseln, vor allem mit Voltaire, als ein unermüdlicher und höchst eigenwilliger Leser der einschlägigen französischsprachigen Debattenbeiträge der westeuropäisc…
