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The age of projects / / edited by Maximillian E. Novak
| The age of projects / / edited by Maximillian E. Novak |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
| Disciplina | 001.309/033 |
| Collana | CCS |
| Soggetto topico |
Humanities
Science and the humanities Intellectual life - History - 18th century Civilization, Western - 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4426-8734-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction / Novak, Maximillian E. -- Part I. Retrieving The Past -- 2. Family, Inheritance, and Clarendon's History of the Rebellion / Kingsley, Margery -- 3. The Interplay of Past and Present in Dryden's 'Palamon and Arcite' / Hammond, Paul -- 4. Trojan Originalism: Dryden's Troilus and Cressida / Visconsi, Elliott -- 5. Canon versus Survival in 'Ancient Music' of the Eighteenth Century / Weber, William -- Part II. Improving The Present -- 6. A Revolution in Political Economy? / Pincus, Steven C.A. -- 7. 'Wandring Ghosts of Trade Whymsies': Projects, Gender, Commerce, and Imagination in the Mind of Daniel Defoe / Latta, Kimberly -- 8. Living Forever in Early Modern Europe: Sir Francis Bacon and the Project for Immortality / Haycock, David Boyd -- 9. Johnson before Boswell in Eighteenth- Century France: Notes towards the Impossible Project of Reclaiming a Man of Letters / Weinbrot, Howard D. -- 10. Art from Nowhere: The Academy in Utopia / Boime, Albert -- Part III. Envisioning The Future -- 11. Composing Westminster Bridge: Public Improvement and National Identity in Eighteenth-Century London / O'Byrne, Alison F. -- 12. Here Comes the Son: A Shandean Project / Schonhorn, Manuel -- 13. Science, Projects, Computers and the State: Swift's Lagadian and Leibniz's Prussian Academy / Gierl, Martin -- 14. Geographical Projects in the Later Eighteenth Century: Imperial Myths and Realities / Fabricant, Carole -- 15. Forging Figures of Invention in Eighteenth-Century Britain / Kareem, Saraht Indal -- 16. Measure for Measure: Projectors and the Manufacture of Enlightenment, 1770-1820 / Stewart, Larry -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457149903321 |
| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The age of projects / / edited by Maximillian E. Novak
| The age of projects / / edited by Maximillian E. Novak |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
| Disciplina | 001.309/033 |
| Collana | CCS |
| Soggetto topico |
Humanities
Science and the humanities Intellectual life - History - 18th century Civilization, Western - 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Festschriften
History Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-9299-5
1-4426-8734-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction / Maximillian E. Novak -- 2. Family, inheritance, and Clarendon's History of the rebellion / Margery Kingsley -- 3. The interplay of past and present in Dryden's Palamon and Arcite / Paul Hammond -- 4. Trojan originalism: Dryden's Troilus and Cressida / Elliott Visconsi -- Canon versus survival in 'ancient music' of the eighteenth century / William Weber -- A revolution in political economy? / Steven C.A. Pincus -- 'Wandering ghosts of trade whymsies': projects, gender, commerce, and imagination in the mind of Daniel Defoe / Kimberly Latta -- Living forever in early modern Europe: Sir Francis Bacon and the project for immortality / David Boyd Haycock -- Johnson before Boswell in eighteenth-century France: notes toward the impossible project of reclaiming a man of letters / Howard D. Weinbrot -- Art from nowhere: the academy in Utopia / Albert Boime -- Composing Westminster Bridge: public improvement and national identity in eighteenth-century London / Alison F. O'Byrne -- Here comes the son: a Shandean project / Manuel Schonhorn -- Science, projects, computers, and the state: Swift's Lagadian and Leibniz's Prussian academy / Martin Gierl -- Geographical projects in the later eighteenth century: imperial myths and realities / Carole Fabricant -- Forging figures of invention in eighteenth-century Britain / Sarah Tindal Kareem -- Measure for measure: projectors and the manufacture of enlightenment, 1770-1820 / Larry Stewart. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781134103321 |
| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The age of projects / / edited by Maximillian E. Novak
| The age of projects / / edited by Maximillian E. Novak |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
| Disciplina | 001.309/033 |
| Collana | CCS |
| Soggetto topico |
Humanities
Science and the humanities Intellectual life - History - 18th century Civilization, Western - 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Festschriften
History Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-9299-5
1-4426-8734-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction / Maximillian E. Novak -- 2. Family, inheritance, and Clarendon's History of the rebellion / Margery Kingsley -- 3. The interplay of past and present in Dryden's Palamon and Arcite / Paul Hammond -- 4. Trojan originalism: Dryden's Troilus and Cressida / Elliott Visconsi -- Canon versus survival in 'ancient music' of the eighteenth century / William Weber -- A revolution in political economy? / Steven C.A. Pincus -- 'Wandering ghosts of trade whymsies': projects, gender, commerce, and imagination in the mind of Daniel Defoe / Kimberly Latta -- Living forever in early modern Europe: Sir Francis Bacon and the project for immortality / David Boyd Haycock -- Johnson before Boswell in eighteenth-century France: notes toward the impossible project of reclaiming a man of letters / Howard D. Weinbrot -- Art from nowhere: the academy in Utopia / Albert Boime -- Composing Westminster Bridge: public improvement and national identity in eighteenth-century London / Alison F. O'Byrne -- Here comes the son: a Shandean project / Manuel Schonhorn -- Science, projects, computers, and the state: Swift's Lagadian and Leibniz's Prussian academy / Martin Gierl -- Geographical projects in the later eighteenth century: imperial myths and realities / Carole Fabricant -- Forging figures of invention in eighteenth-century Britain / Sarah Tindal Kareem -- Measure for measure: projectors and the manufacture of enlightenment, 1770-1820 / Larry Stewart. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821436703321 |
| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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