Transits

Cahill, Samara Anne.
Cope, Kevin L.
Czennia, Bärbel.
Duncan, Kathryn.
Fairer, David.
Massot, Gilles.
Nguyen, Nhu.
Spencer, Susan.
Wichner, Jessika.

: : Bucknell University Press, , 2015.

1 online resource (223 p.)

Description based upon print version of record. . - CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PartI. INTERDISCIPLINARY ADAPTATIONS; Ch01. THE ELUSIVE IMAGE RISING OVER THE HORIZON; Ch02. HOT AIR AND CHILLY WELCOMES; Part II. TRANSNATIONAL ADAPTATIONS; Ch03. WIDE-OPEN HEMISPHERES; Ch04. "THE STORY IS NOW ABOUT US"; Part III. GENDERED ADAPTATIONS; Ch05. AVAST YE MATEYS! THERE BE PIRATES HERE-BUT HOW WILL WE RECOGNIZE THEM?; Ch06. SEA AND MULBERRY; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS . - Nine authors from prominent universities around the world show how the adventurous thinkers, artists, and adventurers of the eighteenth-century period placed adaptation at the center of the quest for a modern civilization. The book will appeal to cultural historians, historians of science, and those interested in literary metamorphoses.

Literature and society - History
Literature - Adaptations - History and criticism
Languages & Literatures
Literature - General

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