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Title: Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture Condition: New EAN: 9780801899089 ISBN: 9780801899089 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Format: Hardback Type: Hardback Release Date: 13/06/2011 Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Weight: 544g Language: English ISBN-10: 0801899087 Description: This volume spotlights the visual arts, vision, and blindness during the Enlightenment in France, Britain, and Germany. The essays range from exploring the musical and cultural impact of an eighteenth-century virtuoso violinist to analyzing lotteries as romance in eighteenth-century England. Contributors and Contents: Mary Sheriff, The King, the Trickster and the Gorgon: On the Illusions of Rococo ArtBeverly Wilcox, The Hissing of Monsieur PaginJessica Richard, Lotteries and the Romance of Chance in Eighteenth-Century EnglandEmrys D.Jones, 'Friendship like mine / Throws all Respects behind it': Male Companionship and the Cult of Frederick, Prince of WalesDavid Hagan, Threading the Needle: Problems in Reading Dennis Diderot's La lettre sur les aveuglesJosephine Touma, From the Playhouse to the Page: Some Visual Sources for Watteau's Theatrical UniverseDaniel O'Quinn, Diversionary Tactics and Coercive Acts: John Burgoyne's Fete ChampetreShelley King, Portrait of a Marriage: John and Amelia Opie and the Sister ArtsDavid Fairer, Where Fuming Trees Refresh the Thirsty AirDorothea Von Mucke, Iconic Turn and the Power of Images: Goethe's Elective AffinitiesLaure Marcellesi, Louis-Sebastien Mercier: Prophet, Abolitionist, Colonialist Country/Region of Manufacture: US Contributor: Lisa Forman Cody (Edited by), Downing A. Thomas (Edited by) Genre: Society & Culture Topic: Literary Criticism, Arts & Photography, History Author: Lisa Forman Cody Release Year: 2011 Missing Information?
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