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The Colonial Mirror of Fantasy: Race, Gender, and History in Charlotte Smith's The Story of Henrietta (1800) and Sophia Lee's The Recess (1783–85) 幻想的殖民镜子:夏洛特·史密斯的《亨丽埃塔的故事》(1800)和索菲亚·李的《休会》(1783-85)中的种族、性别和历史

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-05-12 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2020.0022

Anna Shajirat

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"The fate of St. Domingo awaits you": Robert Wedderburn's Unfinished Revolution “圣多明各的命运在等着你”:罗伯特·韦德伯恩的《未完成的革命》

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-05-12 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2020.0025

Shelby Johnson

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"Money is not a Pledge": Early Financial Genres, the Battle of the Banks, and John Law's Money and Trade Considered 《金钱不是抵押品》:早期金融流派、银行之战和约翰·劳的《货币与贸易思考》

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-05-12 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2020.0024

M. Longaker, W. Herring

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Depth Match: Performance, History, and Digital Games 深度匹配:性能、历史和数字游戏

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2021.0000

Jeffrey Leichman

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The Age of Highmore 海默时代

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2021.0007

Kirsten Tambling

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Atlantic Entanglements: Identity Politics in the Early Creole Novel 大西洋纠葛:早期克里奥尔小说中的身份政治

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2021.0005

Victoria Barnett-Woods

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Variable Bodies and the Reconfiguring of Textual and Cultural Landscapes 可变体与文本文化景观的重构

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2021.0006

M. Cole

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Ideologies of Listening and the Rise of the Hypercritic: Rethinking Italian Opera in The Dunciad 聆听的意识形态与伪善批评家的兴起——对《邓西阿德》中意大利歌剧的再思考

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2021.0009

Jordana Hall

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Reluctant Soldiers and Forgotten Intertexts: The Question of Ireland in Edgeworth's The Absentee and "The Prussian Vase" 不情愿的士兵与被遗忘的互文:埃奇沃斯《缺席者》与《普鲁士花瓶》中的爱尔兰问题

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2021.0001

Yon Ji Sol

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The Novice's Bold and Inexperienced Imagination 新手的大胆和缺乏经验的想象力

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2021.0003

J. S. Farr

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