{"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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madeleine Pelling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350528871","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133415612553,"sku":"9781350528871","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_feeba127-af48-4539-aaea-fc19f6fb7faa.jpg?v=1767678150","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-18th-century-today-literature-and-media-from-beauty-and-the-beast-to-bridgerton-9781350528871","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}