The Art of History: A Study of Four Great Historians of the Eighteenth Century 0598975934, 9780598975935

Breeding: A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century 9780231511117

The Enlightenment commitment to reason naturally gave rise to a belief in the perfectibility of man. Influenced by John

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Narrative Concepts in the Study of Eighteenth-Century Literature 9789048527380

The essays take on aspects of eighteenth-century texts such as plot, genre, character, perspective, temporality, and mor

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Aspects of the Eighteenth Century

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The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition 9780300252033, 030025203X

An in-depth look at the Portuguese Jews of Jamaica and their connections to broader European and Atlantic trade networks

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The great chain of being: a study of the history of an idea

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The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics 9780300161809

Laced with brilliant insights, broad in its view of the interaction of culture and theology, this book gives new resonan

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The great chain of being: a study of the history of an idea 9780674040335, 9780674361508, 9780674361539

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The Solfeggio Tradition: A Forgotten Art of Melody in the Long Eighteenth Century 0197514081, 9780197514085

How did castrati manage to amaze their eighteenth-century audiences by singing the same aria several times in completely

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The Drama's Patrons: A Study of the Eighteenth-Century London Audience 9780292780088

The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. —Samuel Johnson,

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The Jews, Instructions for Use: Four Eighteenth-Century Projects for the Emancipation of European Jews 9781618110503

This book examines the four most important projects for Jewish emancipation in eighteenth-century Europe. The essays pre

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