Format:
1 Online-Ressource (303 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783653019834
Note:
Online resource; title from title screen (viewed June 10, 2019)
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What did eighteenth-century men and women think about when they contemplated the future? What was hidden in the «dark bosom of futurity», as Richardson's Pamela calls it? Do all types of literature that supply a critique of the present conjure up an idealized past or a vision of a better future? Predictions and prophecies - not only astrological but also political ones, utopian models, theological concepts like predestination, progress in the sciences, and, last but not least, life-after-death, both in the form of secular fame and the immortal soul, are among the topics addressed by the essays collected in this volume
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-631-62007-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Englisch
;
Literatur
;
Prognose
;
Weissagung
;
Fortschritt
;
Geschichte 1700-1799
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Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.3726/978-3-653-01983-4
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
Author information:
Klein, Jürgen 1945-
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