{"title":"Samuel Richardson as Anonymous Editor and Printer: Recycling Texts for the Book Market. By John A. Dussinger. London and New York: Anthem. 2024. 140 p. £80 (hb). ISBN 1-78527-353-1.","authors":"E. Derek Taylor","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12963","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1754-0208.12963","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 4","pages":"456-457"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Religious Enlightenment in the Eighteenth-Century Nordic Countries. Reason and orthodoxy. Edited by Johannes Ljungberg and Erik Sidenvall. Lund: Lund University Press. 2023. 430 p. £25.00 (hb). ISBN 978-9-1987-4040-0.","authors":"Sarah Fengler","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12958","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1754-0208.12958","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 4","pages":"460-462"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enlightenment All the Way to Heaven: Emanuel Swedenborg in the Context of Eighteenth-Century Theology and Philosophy. By Friedemann Stengel. Swedenborg Studies 24. West Chester, PA: Swedenborg Foundation. 2023. 922 p. £46.22 (hb). ISBN 978-0-87785-355-8.","authors":"David Dunér","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12960","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1754-0208.12960","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 4","pages":"465-467"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Charles Fleetwood, the 1744 Drury Lane Riots, and Pricing Practices in Eighteenth-Century British Theatre","authors":"Leo Shipp","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12956","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1754-0208.12956","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In November 1744, a series of riots broke out at Drury Lane theatre, forcing its proprietor, Charles Fleetwood, to sell his majority share of the theatrical patent. Theatre scholarship has long held that the riots were caused by Fleetwood's attempt to raise admission prices for old pantomimes, yet also, somewhat contradictorily, has maintained that admission prices definitively increased at London's patent theatres in the period around 1740. This article shows both points to be mistaken: prices did not rise in the period, and Fleetwood was forced out due to a range of grievances that had developed over the preceding decade. By revealing how pricing practices, Fleetwood's tenure, and the riots developed, this article provides new insights on a crucial period in London's theatre history (the 1730s–40s) and on the wider social and economic dynamics of Georgian theatregoing.</p>","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 4","pages":"405-424"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1754-0208.12956","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141921675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scottish Trade With Spain in the 1770s: The Progress of Carron Company and the Growth of Spanish Naval Power","authors":"Mónica Amenedo-Costa","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12954","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1754-0208.12954","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The establishment of a Royal Naval Dockyard in Ferrol (Spain) favoured engagement in international activities and hence the development of useful connections with other European cities and towns. This article examines trade links between Scotland and Spain through the port of Ferrol during the 1770s, with particular emphasis on the British press and on Scottish customs accounts. Both data sources were used to address three research questions. First, what were the policies and mechanisms of this trade? Second, how important was this trade in terms of the industrial needs of Spain? Third, did this trade have any effect on economic development? The findings provide insight into Scottish industrial history and the relationship between the economy and political spheres during periods of war. They also reveal historical narratives that shed light on the supply of weaponry to Ferrol and the customs administration related to this trade.</p>","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 4","pages":"383-404"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1754-0208.12954","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141948413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Johann Daniel Metzger and Kant's So-Called Human Races","authors":"Joris van Gorkom","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12946","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1754-0208.12946","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Around 1788, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach compiled a list of notable contributions to the discussion on Kant's concept of race. This list included references to Kant's second and third essays on race, Georg Forster's 1786 response, and two essays by Johann Daniel Metzger. Blumenbach's compilation stands in stark contrast to contemporary discussions of Kant's racial theories. Despite the increasing interest in this subject, Metzger's critiques are still largely unnoticed. To gain a more comprehensive understanding of eighteenth-century discussions on race, it is crucial to broaden our perspective beyond the viewpoints of Johann Gottfried Herder and Forster and include Metzger's contributions. In this article, I aim to elucidate (the context surrounding) Metzger's endeavours to engage with Kant's concept of race.</p>","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 4","pages":"365-382"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141770385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obra Completa Pombalina, Volume 1: Escritos de Inglaterra (1738–1739). Edited by Ana Leal Faria. Coimbra: Coimbra University Press. 2024. 487 p. €35 (hb). ISBN 978-989-26-2587-4.","authors":"Malcolm Jack","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12957","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1754-0208.12957","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 3","pages":"337-338"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141770343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Christian and the Philosopher: Defoe's The Storm Between Empiricism and Narrative","authors":"Alessio Mattana","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12955","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1754-0208.12955","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines the scientific background of Daniel Defoe's <i>The Storm</i> (1704). This work is a collection of letters on the Great Storm, a tempest which battered the south of England on 26–27 November 1703 causing casualties in the thousands and extensive damage. Like other extreme natural phenomena, the Great Storm was interpreted by many as divine warning. This article argues that, differently to Defoe's other works on the Great Storm, <i>The Storm</i> reconciles the traditional religious reading of catastrophes with recent breakthroughs in empiricist philosophy and early meteorology. In its concluding section, the article offers a reassessment of Defoe's interest in scientific ideas in <i>The Storm</i> so as to include early-eighteenth-century empiricism and examines Defoe's ambivalent attitude towards them.</p>","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 3","pages":"319-335"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141745029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Itch, Clap, Pox: Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination. By Noelle Gallagher. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. 2018. x + 267 p. £46.95 (hb). ISBN 978-0-300-21705-6.","authors":"Edward Hardiman","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12953","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1754-0208.12953","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 3","pages":"338-339"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141508962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age. By Leo Damrosch. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2019. 488 p. £22.68 (pb). ISBN 978-0-300-25178-4.","authors":"Edward Hardiman","doi":"10.1111/1754-0208.12952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12952","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55946,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies","volume":"47 3","pages":"336-337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141980493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}