Great Expectations: Futurity in the Long Eighteenth Century
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Britannia
ISBN-10
3631620071
ISBN-13
9783631620076
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 6th, 2012
Print length
303 Pages
Weight
502 grams
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15.60 x 21.70 x 2.20 cms
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What did eighteenth-century men and women think about when they contemplated the future? What was hidden in dark bosom of futurity, as Richardson's Pamela calls it? In this book, essays addresses predictions and prophecies - astrological and also political ones, utopian models, theological concepts like predestination, progress in sciences.
What did eighteenth-century men and women think about when they contemplated the future? What was hidden in the «dark bosom of futurity», as Richardsons Pamela calls it? Do all types of literature that supply a critique of the present conjure up an idealized past or a vision of a better future? Predictions and prophecies not only astrological but also political ones, utopian models, theological concepts like predestination, progress in the sciences, and, last but not least, life-after-death, both in the form of secular fame and the immortal soul, are among the topics addressed by the essays collected in this volume.
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