Intermediality and the Circulation of Knowledge in the Eighteenth Century
Published on 1. April 2019
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Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-3-86821-789-6 (ISBN)
Description
Based on an international conference held in Saarbrücken in June 2017 that was attended by scholars from France, Germany, England and Ireland, the articles gathered in this volume constitute volume 6 of the LAPASEC series (Landau-Paris Studies on the Eighteenth Century). The essays represent the outstanding contributions to the symposium. Concerned with intermediality and the circulation of knowledge in the age of Enlightenment, the twelve pieces, divided into four sections, address aspects of theory, discursive intermediality, generic intermediality and the intermediality of objects. In doing so, they take cognizance of what is amiss in the field of intertextual/intermedial studies, i.e. the discussion of its relevance outside narratology as well as a true and interdisciplinary interest in the essentially rhizomatic nature of cultural representations (texts, images, musical pieces and material objects). The ensemble of articles also takes scholarly analysis beyond the dominating fields of literature and art by providing discussions of such neglected genres as travel literature, (para)medical writing and operatic performance. Instead of insisting on the generic separation of cultural representations, this collection demonstrates the advantages of interdisciplinary approaches while laying bare the fascinating if problematic construction of the aesthetics and ideologies shaping principles of cultural representation in the age of Enlightenment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Trier
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
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Card cover
Illustrations
35
35 farbige Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
416 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-86821-789-6 (9783868217896)
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Hans-Peter Wagner is professor emeritus of English and American literature at the Landau campus of Universität Koblenz-Landau. He taught at European, American, Asian and African universities and was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College and Universität Paris-Diderot. He is the editor of several English novels in the Penguin English Classics series and co-editor of TESBA (Teaching English Studies for the Bachelor's Degree), TESMA (Teaching English Studies for the Master's Degree) and LAPASEC (Landau-Paris Studies on the Eighteenth Century) with WVT Trier. In his publications, he has covered colonial American culture, Enlightenment literature and art, postmodern American literature and, more recently, the graphic art of William Hogarth and intermediality. His most recent publications are A Survey of American Literature (TESBA vol. 2, 2017) and articles on Samuel Beckett's usage of the art of Caspar David Friedrich in Waiting of Godot, and Herman Melville's employment in Moby-Dick of paintings by J.L. David and William Turner.
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Content
Table of Contents
Foreword .................................................................................................................. vii
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1
HANS-PETER WAGNER
Aspects of Theory
Media, Genre, Reception and Frame: Putting Terms in Relation ............................ 7
KERSTIN-ANJA MÜNDERLEIN
Discursive Intermediality
The Circulation of Anecdotes on Female Barrenness in the Eighteenth Century .... 23
SOPHIE VASSET
"He Knows Plants and Draws Prettily":
Intermediality in William Bartram's Travels ........................................................... 33
MARCEL HARTWIG
The Frontiers of the Muses' Territory:
Prologue and Epilogue in Eighteenth-century Theatrical Discourse ....................... 49
KERSTIN FEST
Generic Intermediality
The Success and Signification of The Beggar's Opera (1728) in an
Era of Illiteracy, Expensive Acis and Galatea , an Intermedial Exploration ............ 89
JEFFREY HOPES
Intermediality, Intertextuality and Interculturality:
Echoes of Tom Jones and Marriage à-la-mode in Der Rosenkavalier .................... 99
PIERRE DEGOTT
Of Pygmies and Giants: On the Rhizomatous Connections
Between Swift's Lilliputians and Dwarfs in Renaissance Art .................................. 115
HANS-PETER WAGNER
Manon / Merteuil: An Essay on the Intermediality
of French Eighteenth-century Heroines ................................................................... 155
GREGOR SCHUHEN
Envisioning Blake in Popular Culture:
The Iconotext, Intermediality and the Postmodern Graphic Novel ......................... 167
MARIA SEVERIN
Intermediality and Objects
À la recherche du papier perdu -
Some Possible Circulations of Waste Paper in Eighteenth-century England .......... 185
GEOFFREY DAY AND AMÉLIE JUNQUA
Paper, Ceramics, and Textiles:
Eurasia Cross-Media Fertilisation of Motifs and Techniques .................................. 203
ARIANE FENNETAUX
Notes on Contributors .............................................................................................. 219
Foreword .................................................................................................................. vii
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1
HANS-PETER WAGNER
Aspects of Theory
Media, Genre, Reception and Frame: Putting Terms in Relation ............................ 7
KERSTIN-ANJA MÜNDERLEIN
Discursive Intermediality
The Circulation of Anecdotes on Female Barrenness in the Eighteenth Century .... 23
SOPHIE VASSET
"He Knows Plants and Draws Prettily":
Intermediality in William Bartram's Travels ........................................................... 33
MARCEL HARTWIG
The Frontiers of the Muses' Territory:
Prologue and Epilogue in Eighteenth-century Theatrical Discourse ....................... 49
KERSTIN FEST
Generic Intermediality
The Success and Signification of The Beggar's Opera (1728) in an
Era of Illiteracy, Expensive Acis and Galatea , an Intermedial Exploration ............ 89
JEFFREY HOPES
Intermediality, Intertextuality and Interculturality:
Echoes of Tom Jones and Marriage à-la-mode in Der Rosenkavalier .................... 99
PIERRE DEGOTT
Of Pygmies and Giants: On the Rhizomatous Connections
Between Swift's Lilliputians and Dwarfs in Renaissance Art .................................. 115
HANS-PETER WAGNER
Manon / Merteuil: An Essay on the Intermediality
of French Eighteenth-century Heroines ................................................................... 155
GREGOR SCHUHEN
Envisioning Blake in Popular Culture:
The Iconotext, Intermediality and the Postmodern Graphic Novel ......................... 167
MARIA SEVERIN
Intermediality and Objects
À la recherche du papier perdu -
Some Possible Circulations of Waste Paper in Eighteenth-century England .......... 185
GEOFFREY DAY AND AMÉLIE JUNQUA
Paper, Ceramics, and Textiles:
Eurasia Cross-Media Fertilisation of Motifs and Techniques .................................. 203
ARIANE FENNETAUX
Notes on Contributors .............................................................................................. 219