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Author:   Dr Madeleine Pelling (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, UK) ,  Dr Emrys D. Jones (Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture, King's College London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781350528871

ISBN 10:   1350528870
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   11 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Emrys Jones (King’s College London, UK) and Madeleine Pelling (University of York, UK) Part One: New Relationships to Time and History 1. “Huzzah!”: Anachronism and the Weird Eighteenth Century in The Great, Stephanie Russo (Macquarie University, Australia) 2. ‘Quality Time in the Life of Sensations’, Carmen Faye Mathes (McGill University, Canada) and Marisa Grizenko (Independent) Industry Interviews: Polly Putnam (Collections Curator, Historic Royal Palaces and Historical Consultant, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story); Anthony Delaney (Actor and author, Queer Georgians) Part Two: Recuperating Experience 3. ‘Back into existence’: Remaking Black Enlightenment Lives, James Ward (Ulster University, UK) 4. “Revolution and Sovereignty on the American Stage”, Laurie Arnold (Gonzaga University, USA) Industry Interviews: Charlotte Long (Podcast producer, History Hit Network), Serena Dyer (Historic Dress HIstorian, YouTuber and Presenter) Part Three: Reworking Genre 5. 'Do Ladies Do That?' in 2021: Period Absurdism’s New Queer Histories, Madeleine Saidenberg (University of Oxford, UK) 6. “I’ll have Belle for my wife, make no mistake about that”: Courtship and Coercion in Beauty and the Beast, Meghan K. Roberts (Bowdoin College, USA) 7. Gaming the Letter: Affective Interfacing from Pamela (1741) to Kind Words (Lo Fi Chill Beats to Write to) (2019), Jack Orchard (University of Oxford, UK) 8. “You are to be fitted for a new wardrobe”: Sartorial politics on screen and beyond in Netflix’s Bridgerton, Elizabeth Spencer (University of York) Industry Interview: Joanna Brown (author, as J. T. Williams of Lizzie and Belle Mysteries) Part Four: Happy Endings 9. ‘I come as his right hand’: Imagining Pirate Disability, Prosthesis, and Interdependence in Black Sails, Alex Tankard (University of Chester, UK) 10. ""Playable Partners: Spectrums of Queer Possibility in Indie Video Games"", Emily C. Friedman (Auburn University, USA) and Emily M.N. Kugler (Howard University, USA) Biography Index

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""The Eighteenth Century Today is an innovative approach to the prevalence of the long eighteenth century in contemporary culture. Contributions range from film, television, and gaming to art, theatre, and museums. Essays tackling enduring questions of class, race, gender, and sexuality and interviews with culture-industry professionals make this a timely contribution."" --Nicholas Seager, Head of the School of Humanities, Keele University, UK

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Madeleine Pelling is a cultural historian, author and award-winning broadcaster. She holds a PhD from the University of York, UK, and has held research fellowships at the universities of Yale, Edinburgh and Manchester. Her books include Writing on the Wall: Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Britain (2024), Hoax: A History of Truth, Lies and Enlightenment (2026) and her words appear in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent and BBC History Magazine. She is co-host of History Hit’s ARIA-nominated After Dark podcast, and is a regular presenter and expert contributor across television and radio, working with BBC, Channel 4, Sky Arts, Warner Bros, History Hit and Times Radio. Emrys D. Jones is Senior Lecturer in 18th-Century Literature and Culture at King’s College, London, UK. He is the author of Friendship and Allegiance in Eighteenth-Century Literature (2013) and co-editor of essay collections about 18th-century celebrity and sociability. He has written articles and book chapters on a broad range of topics relating to intersections of public and private life in the long 18th century. He also hosted the podcast Pop Enlightenments (2017-2020) and is currently the General Editor of the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

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