Enlightened Nightscapes

Critical Essays on the Long Eighteenth-Century Night

Pamela F. Phillips (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus)

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Routledge
28 November 2024

Literary studies: general; Historiography; European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Social & cultural history

Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies

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.

Edited by: Pamela F. Phillips (University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780367529697
ISBN 10: 0367529696
Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 28 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Pamela F. Phillips is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.