Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture

The final section features current trends in theory that illuminate new aspects of eighteenth-century studies. What does a postcritical eighteenth century look like? How does a study of multiple genres remake Irish studies? What is the role of eighteenth-century studies in today's Humanities?

About the author

Eve Tavor Bannet is the George Lynn Cross Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of Transatlantic Stories and the History of Reading, 1720–1810: Migrant Fictions and the coeditor of Transatlantic Literary Studies, 1660–1830.Roxann Wheeler is an associate professor of English at The Ohio State University. She is the author of The Complexion of Race: Categories of Difference in Eighteenth-Century British Culture.

Summary

The final section features current trends in theory that illuminate new aspects of eighteenth-century studies. What does a postcritical eighteenth century look like? How does a study of multiple genres remake Irish studies? What is the role of eighteenth-century studies in today's Humanities?

Product details

• Authors: Eve Tavor Bannet, Eve Tavor (The University of Oklahoma) Whe Bannet, Roxann Wheeler
• Assisted by: Eve Tavor Bannet (Editor), Eve Tavor (The University of Oklahoma) Bannet (Editor), Roxann Wheeler (Editor), Roxann (Associate Professor Wheeler (Editor), Wheeler Roxann (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781421439259
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3925-9
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Literature: history & criticism