Jeffrey S. Ravel is an associate professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of The Contested Parterre: Public Theater and French Political Culture, 1680-1791 (Cornell, 1999) and a cofounder of CESAR, a Web site devoted to the study of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French theater. Linda Zionkowski is a professor of English at Ohio University and the author of Men's Work: Gender, Class, and the Professionalization of Poetry, 1660-1784 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001).

The editors of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, volume 35, have assembled an impressive interdisciplinary collection. Each of the essays is theoretically sophisticated and convincingly presented. Together they evidence the creativity and vitality that define modern eighteenth-century studies. -- Christopher Johnson ECCB: The Eighteenth-Century Current Bibliography The editors of SECC 38 have done a laudable job of selecting challenging, thoughtful essays. The volume has been carefully edited and is beautifully produced with an abundance of useful illustration. -- Christopher Johnson Eighteenth Century: Current Bibliography

Jeffrey S. Ravel is an associate professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of The Contested Parterre: Public Theater and French Political Culture, 1680-1791 (Cornell, 1999) and a cofounder of CESAR, a Web site devoted to the study of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French theater. Linda Zionkowski is a professor of English at Ohio University and the author of Men's Work: Gender, Class, and the Professionalization of Poetry, 1660-1784 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001).

The editors of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, volume 35, have assembled an impressive interdisciplinary collection. Each of the essays is theoretically sophisticated and convincingly presented. Together they evidence the creativity and vitality that define modern eighteenth-century studies. -- Christopher Johnson ECCB: The Eighteenth-Century Current Bibliography The editors of SECC 38 have done a laudable job of selecting challenging, thoughtful essays. The volume has been carefully edited and is beautifully produced with an abundance of useful illustration. -- Christopher Johnson Eighteenth Century: Current Bibliography

Jeffrey S. Ravel is an associate professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of The Contested Parterre: Public Theater and French Political Culture, 1680-1791 (Cornell, 1999) and a cofounder of CESAR, a Web site devoted to the study of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French theater. Linda Zionkowski is a professor of English at Ohio University and the author of Men's Work: Gender, Class, and the Professionalization of Poetry, 1660-1784 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001).

The editors of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, volume 35, have assembled an impressive interdisciplinary collection. Each of the essays is theoretically sophisticated and convincingly presented. Together they evidence the creativity and vitality that define modern eighteenth-century studies. -- Christopher Johnson ECCB: The Eighteenth-Century Current Bibliography The editors of SECC 38 have done a laudable job of selecting challenging, thoughtful essays. The volume has been carefully edited and is beautifully produced with an abundance of useful illustration. -- Christopher Johnson Eighteenth Century: Current Bibliography