Citizens of the World

Kevin L. Cope is professor at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge where he is also president of the Faculty Senate.Samara Anne Cahill is assistant professor of restoration and eighteenth-century English literature at Nanyang Technological University.

Nine authors from prominent universities around the world show how the adventurous thinkers, artists, and adventurers of the eighteenth-century period placed adaptation at the center of the quest for a modern civilization. The book will appeal to cultural historians, historians of science, and those interested in literary metamorphoses.

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPreface: Surviving the Eighteenth Century by Samara Anne CahillIntroduction: "All manag'd for the best": Ecology and the Dynamics of Adaptationby David FairerPart I: Interdisciplinary AdaptationsChapter One: The Elusive Image Rising over the Horizon: Re-contextualizing the Legacy of an Eighteenth-Century Aristocrat by Gilles MassotChapter Two: Hot Air and Chilly Welcomes: Accidental Arrivals with Balloons and Airships in the Eighteenth Century and Beyond by Jessika WichnerPart II: Transnational AdaptationsChapter Three: Wide Open Hemispheres: Punch Bowls, Punch, and World Citizenship in Eighteenth-Century British Culture by Bärbel CzenniaChapter Four: "The story is now about us": Olive Senior to "England's wealthiest son" by Shirley ChewPart III: Gendered AdaptationsChapter Five: Avast Ye Mateys! There Be Pirates Here-But How Will We Recognize Them? by Kathryn DuncanChapter Six: Sea and Mulberry: H¿ Xuân H¿¿ng, Nguy¿n Du, and the Establishment of a Vietnamese National Literature by Susan Spencer and Nhu NguyenConclusion: The Coziness of Crisis: The Invigorating Enlightenment Art of Adapting to Almost Anything by Kevin L. CopeBibliographyPrimary SourcesSecondary SourcesIndexAbout the Contributors