{"product_id":"the-18th-century-today-literature-and-media-from-beauty-and-the-beast-to-bridgerton-9781350528871","title":"The 18th Century Today: Literature and Media from Beauty and the Beast to Bridgerton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring how 18th-century forms and narrative are taken-up, recycled and re-visioned in contemporary media, this book asks which histories are told and by whom. \u003c\/b\u003eThrough essays from international and multidisciplinary scholars and interviews with industry professionals, \u003ci\u003eThe 18th Century Today\u003c\/i\u003e asks what function modern media performs when depicting the 18th century in our current world. Can such works speak to perceived 18th-century ideas and values and, simultaneously, the shifting paradigms of our own time? How, and why, should we engage?\u003cbr\u003eHighlighting how contemporary depictions of the past give marginalised lives greater visibility, the role genre plays in re-enacting or re-interpreting 18th-century culture, and the potential for modern adaptation to transmute and transcend historical suffering, the essays in this volume dig into adaptation across theatre, film, prose fiction, television and games. Covering works such as \u003ci\u003eThe Great\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBelle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBridgerton\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Sails\u003c\/i\u003e among many others, this book is both reflection and celebration, an acknowledgement of the 18th century's traumatic legacies alongside a sense of contemporary culture's capacity for transformation, renewal and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadeleine Pelling\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eWriting on the Wall: Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), \u003ci\u003eHoax: A History of Truth, Lies and Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e (2026) and her words appear in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She is co-host of History Hit's ARIA-nominated \u003ci\u003eAfter Dark\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eEmrys D. Jones \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in 18th-Century Literature and Culture at King's College, London, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFriendship and Allegiance in Eighteenth-Century Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003ePop Enlightenments\u003c\/i\u003e (2017-2020) and is currently the General Editor of the\u003ci\u003e Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863300964626,"sku":"9781350528871","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a7505c8-77fa-44d6-a34e-96b77f7a75c4.jpg?v=1767784654","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-18th-century-today-literature-and-media-from-beauty-and-the-beast-to-bridgerton-9781350528871","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}