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Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu

In five pages this essay considers what life was like during the Chinese Manchu dynasty of the 18th century as represented in this...

Economist Thomas Robert Malthus

apparently felt no compunction about basing their theories on data gained from locales with which they were entirely unfamiliar-a ...

Pottery Icon Josiah Wedgwood

should be emphasized that when the Wedgwood products were first introduced, they were quite unique. Today, it they are appreciated...

Cofradia de San Jose Religious Movement's Importance to the Philippines

In three pages this essay considers the 18th century importance of this Filipino religious movement. Two sources are cited in the...

Poet Thomas Gray's Life and Poetry

In seven pages this paper examines 18th century poet Thomas Gray's life, his profound poetic influence in his lifetime and his swi...

Pre European Industrial Revolution Developments

became futile. By the fourteenth century poor diet and over all poor health brought the weakened people of Europe to the grave wit...

Biography of Frederick II

In four pages the 18th century English King Frederick II is the focus of this biographical profile of his life, politics, and reig...

The Early Music Revival A History by Harry Haskell

with significant insight to the concepts about which he wrote; without such influence, it is likely that the writers intensity tow...

Epistolary Novel Pamela by Samuel Richardson

In six pages this 18th century epistolary novel is examined in terms of how the author moved the plot along and developed characte...

Alexander Pope's 'Epistle to Burlington'

the expense of building the latest craze in architecture -- "...to punish awkward pride,/ Bids Bubo build, and send him such a gu...

The Financing of Opera in London in the 1730’s

leading up to it. Heideggers Italian opera company had failed in 1717 due to its inability to control costs and the failur...

British Industrial Revolution, Its Causes, and Impact

In five pages this research paper makes reference to Industry and Empire by E.J. Hobsbawm in an examination of the late 18th centu...

Witch Hunts and Their Decline

In four pages this research paper examines reasons why the European witch hunts were finally in decline around the late 17th and e...

German Theatrical Contributions of J.W. von Goethe

In six pages this research paper examines Goethe's German theatrical contributions in a consideration of his 18th century dramas. ...

The Transformation of the Role of Women in Mexico

4 pages and 5 sources. This paper provides an overview of the changing role of women in Mexico during colonialism. This paper pr...

Sin in Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple and Herman Melville's Pierre

that part covered). Even in her disconcerted and distracted mental state after the birth of her child, Charlotte is able to pray f...

Induction Problem and David Hume

Hume was often at odds with other philosophers when it came to his personal perception of human nature and the ways of life....

The Idea of the U.S. Constitution

(States of human nature). Now lets look at the Constitution. The Preamble sets out the purpose of the document clearly: We the p...

Business, Technology, Science, and The Bible

and those regarding the sciences, technology, and business. The difference is that although we "sense" our religious beliefs we d...

Enlightenment Representation in Candide by Voltaire

and war, which he portrays as contrary to all reason. In the eighteenth century, war was presented to the ordinary citizens as an ...

Three Poems by Gary Soto, Nikki Giovanni, and William Blake

focus of the poem is on how the anger of the narrator as a corruptive influence that turns him into a murderer. As this illustrate...

Eighteenth Century Lady Montagu's Letters from Turkey

In four pages this research essay discusses Lady Montagu's 18th century travel observations as revealed in her letters from Turkey...

French and British Political Development Contrasted

in the reign of Louis XIV. Referred to as pays detat, they had their own nobility, as well as unwritten constitutions that pertain...

Opposition in William Blake's Poems

all three in a way that is distinct from all other "political appropriations" of the myth (Schock 445). As a new heaven is...

Dream of the Red Chamber by Tsao Hsueh-Chin

In six pages this Chinese novel from the 18th century is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

The Progress of Love by Jean Honore Fragonard

In seven pages this paper examines Fragonard's life and times and considers how he uniquely depicted the rituals of courtship that...

History of Chasidism

This pivotal Judaism movement is examined in terms of its 18th century development as well as its contemporary practice with prose...

Mary Robinson, Charlotte Smith, and Jane Austen on Romantic Love

In twenty pages this paper examines how female authors portrayed romantic love in the late 18th century in a consideration of Robi...

New Atalantis by Mary Delariviere Manley and Fantomina by Eliza Fowler Haywood

In 5 pages these two female authors of the 18th century are examined in terms of their popular works and the feminist social criti...

European Perceptions and How They Have Evolved

but when they found it, they refused to allow any other religion to exist but their own. The new interpretation of religious free...