Enlightened Nightscapes - Critical Essays on the Long Eighteenth-Century Night (Hardcover)

This volume brings together eleven case studies that address how the night became visible in the long and global eighteenth century through different mediums and in different geographical contexts. Situated on the eve of the introduction of artificial lighting, the long eighteenth century has much to say about night’s darkness and brilliance. The eighteenth century has been bound up epistemologically with images of light, reason, and order. Night and day, light and darkness, reason and mystery, however, are not necessarily at odds in the eighteenth century. In their analysis of narratives, poetry, urban spaces, music, the visual arts, and geological phenomena, the essays provide various frameworks to examine the representation, treatment, and meaning of the enlightened night. The transnational and multidisciplinary nature of the volume presents a survey of the research currently being done in the field of the long eighteenth-century night. This collection contributes to an ongoing exercise that questions the accepted definitions of the Enlightenment, and by bringing Eighteenth-Century Studies into dialogue with Night Studies, it enriches the critical conversation between these lines of research.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
Release date:	April 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Pamela F. Phillips
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-52967-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
LSN:	0-367-52967-X
Barcode:	9780367529673

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