Adapting the Eighteenth Century - A Handbook of Pedagogies and Practices (Hardcover)

A collection of pedagogical essays that presents proven strategies for the teaching of adaptation and eighteenth-century texts The eighteenth century was a golden age of adaptation: classical epics were adapted to contemporaneous mock-epics, life writing to novels, novels to plays, and unauthorized sequels abounded. In our own time, cultural products of the long eighteenth century continue to be widely adapted. Early novels such as Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, the founding documents of the United States, Jane Austen's novels, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein-all of these have been adapted so often that they are ubiquitous cultural mythoi, even for people who have never read them. Eighteenth-century texts appear in consumer products, comics, cult mashups, fan fiction, films, network and streaming shows, novels, theater stagings, and web serials. Adapting the Eighteenth Century provides innovative, hands-on pedagogies for teaching eighteenth-century studies and adaptation across disciplines and levels. Among the works treated in or as adaptations are novels by Austen, Defoe, and Shelley, as well as the current worldwide musical sensation Hamilton. Essays offer tested models for the teaching of practices such as close reading, collaboration, public scholarship, and research; in addition, they provide a historical grounding for discussions of such issues as the foundations of democracy, critical race and gender studies, and notions of genre. The collection as a whole demonstrates the fruitfulness of teaching about adaptation in both period-specific and generalist courses across the curriculum.

General

Imprint:	University of Rochester Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2020
First published:	2020
Editors:	Sharon R. Harrow (Author) • Kirsten T. Saxton
Contributors:	Aleksondra Hultquist • Anne Betty Weinshenker • Cait Coker • Catherine Ingrassia • Chase Bringardner • Emily C. Friedman • Heather King • Jason Gieger
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-1-58046-983-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
LSN:	1-58046-983-3
Barcode:	9781580469838

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