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Book SynopsisA collection of pedagogical essays that presents proven strategies for the teaching of adaptation and eighteenth-century texts The eighteenth century was a golden age of adaptation: classical epics were adapted to contemporaneous mock-epics, life writing to novels, novels to plays, and unauthorized sequels abounded. In our own time, cultural products of the long eighteenth century continue to be widely adapted. Early novels such as Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, the founding documents of the United States, Jane Austen's novels, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein-all of these have been adapted so often that they are ubiquitous cultural mythoi, even for people who have never read them. Eighteenth-century texts appear in consumer products, comics, cult mashups, fan fiction, films, network and streaming shows, novels, theater stagings, and web serials. Adapting the Eighteenth Century provides innovative, hands-on pedagogies for teaching eighteenth-century studies and adaptation across disciplines and levels. Among the works treated in or as adaptations are novels by Austen, Defoe, and Shelley, as well as the current worldwide musical sensation Hamilton. Essays offer tested models for the teaching of practices such as close reading, collaboration, public scholarship, and research; in addition, they provide a historical grounding for discussions of such issues as the foundations of democracy, critical race and gender studies, and notions of genre. The collection as a whole demonstrates the fruitfulness of teaching about adaptation in both period-specific and generalist courses across the curriculum.
Trade ReviewAs someone who teaches widely in eighteenth-century literature but also Shakespeare and the Victorian novel, I find that being able to connect with students through their familiarity with remixed versions of literary texts is invaluable. This book not only offers various case studies in how to pursue such connections, but it also provides useful reminders and suggestions for further reading within adaption theory and practice. * EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY INTELLIGENCER *
The 18 essays in this collection are by accomplished teachers of 18th-century literature and culture. ...Though the essays describe courses that have been successfully taught, the strategies delineated are adaptable to other formats and contexts. * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Sharon R. Harrow and Kirsten T. Saxton 1 "Je suis Voltaire," or, Appropriating the Philosophe in the Social Media Age Maria Park Bobroff 2 "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?": The Uses of Hamilton in Special Collections Pedagogy and Public Engagement Jeremy Brett and Cait Coker 3 Performing Frankenstein in the South: Sex, Race, and Science across the Disciplines Chase Bringardner, Lindsay Doukopoulos, and Emily C. Friedman 4 French Fairy Tales and Adaptations in the Twenty-First-Century Classroom Peggy Schaller Elliott 5 Select Trials at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey (1742) and Mark Ravenhill's Mother Clap's Molly House (2001) Jason Gieger 6 Teaching with The Pilgrim's Progress Video Game Jason J. Gulya 7 Eliza Haywood's "Bad Habits": Teaching Adaptations of Fantomina: or, Love in a Maze and The Distress'd Orphan; or, Love in a Madhouse Sharon R. Harrow 8 Teaching Eighteenth-Century Literature through Eighteenth Century Adaptations: Adaptive Structures Aleksondra Hultquist 9 "A Private Had Been Flogged": Adaptation and the "Invisible World" of Jane Austen Catherine Ingrassia 10 Fifty Shades of Pamela in the Undergraduate Classroom Ula Lukszo Klein 11 Teaching the Austen-Monster-Mashup: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters Misty Krueger 12 Learning to Adapt: Teaching Pride and Prejudice and Its Adaptations in General Education Courses Nora Nachumi and Heather King 13 Race and Romance: Adapting Free Women of Color in the Long Eighteenth Century Robin Runia 14 The Crusoeiana: Material Crusoe Rivka Swenson 15 Adaptation in Strange Places: Terrence Malick's To the Wonder and the Narrative Effect and Form of Samuel Richardson's Pamela Kathleen E. Urda 16 Adapting the Tombeaux des Princes: A Study in Media Variations Anne Betty Weinshenker 17 Experiential Pedagogy to Join the Thread of Conversation with Paul et Virginie Servanne Woodward 18 "Lookin' for a Mind at Work": Hamilton, Adaptation, and Enlightenment Ideals for the Core Curriculum Jodi L. Wyett Notes on the Contributors Index
