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Informationen zum Autor Downing A. Thomas is a professor of French at the University of Iowa, where he is also associate provost and dean of International Programs. He is the author or coeditor of several books, including Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime: 1647–1785 , Operatic Migrations: Transforming Works and Crossing Boundaries in Musical Drama , and Music and the Origins of Language: Theories from the French Enlightenment . Lisa F. Cody is an associate dean of the faculty and an associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College. She is the author of Birthing the Nation: Sex, Science, and the Conception of Eighteenth-Century Britons . Lisa Forman Cody is an associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College. She is the author of Birthing the Nation: Sex, Science, and the Conception of Eighteenth-Century Britons . Klappentext Contributors and ContentsRichard Barney, The Splenetic Sublime: Anne Finch, Melancholic Physiology, and Post/ModernitySarah Cohen, Animal Performance in Oudry's Illustrations to the Fables of La FontaineJoLynn Edwards, The Conti Sales of 1777 and 1779 and their Impact on the Parisian Art MarketIngrid Tague, Companions, Servants, or Slaves?: Considering Animals in Eighteenth Century BritainMatthieu P. Raillard, Deism, the Sublime and the Formulation of Early Romanticism in Juan Meléndez Valdés and José CadalsoRomira Worvill, From Prose peinture to Dramatic tableau: Diderot, Fénelon and the Emergence of the Pictorial Aesthetic in FranceJulie Candler Hayes, Friendship and the Female MoralistTeresa Michals, "Like a Spoiled Actress off the Stage" Anti-Theatricality, Nature, and the NovelAdam Beach, Behn's Oroonoko, the Gold Coast, and Slavery in the Early-Modern Atlantic WorldEric Gidal, "A gross and barbarous composition" Melancholy, National Character, and the Critical Reception of Hamlet in the Eighteenth Century CharacterNicole von Germeten, Prostitution and the Captain's Wife: A Public and Notorious Scandal in Eighteenth-Century Cartagena de IndiasMargaret Boyle, Chronicling Women's Containment in Bartolomé Arzans de Orsúa y Vela's History of Potsi Zusammenfassung Includes essays that represent scholarship on the Enlightenment in Britain! Europe! and North America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Richard Barney! The Splenetic Sublime: Anne Finch! Melancholic Physiology! and Post/Modernity; Sarah Cohen! Animal Performance in Oudry's Illustrations to the Fables of La Fontaine; JoLynn Edwards! The Conti Sales of 1777 and 1779 and their Impact on the Parisian Art Market; Ingrid Tague! Companions! Servants! or Slaves?: Considering Animals in Eighteenth Century Britain; Matthieu P. Raillard! Deism! the Sublime and the Formulation of Early Romanticism in Juan Melendez Valdes and Jose Cadalso; Romira Worvill! From Prose peinture to Dramatic tableau: Diderot! Fenelon and the Emergence of the Pictorial Aesthetic in France; Julie Candler Hayes! Friendship and the Female Moralist; Teresa Michals! "Like a Spoiled Actress off the Stage": Anti-Theatricality! Nature! and the Novel; Adam Beach! Behn's Oroonoko! the Gold Coast! and Slavery in the Early-Modern Atlantic World; Eric Gidal! "A gross and barbarous composition": Melancholy! National Character! and the Critical Reception of Hamlet in the Eighteenth Century Character; Nicole von Germeten! Prostitution and the Captain's Wife: A Public and Notorious Scandal in Eighteenth-Century Cartagena de Indias; Margaret Boyle! Chronicling Women's Containment in Bartolome Arzans de Orsua y Vela's History of Potsi. ...
