The Bedford Anthology of World Literature Book 4 The Eighteenth Century, 1650-1800,9780312402631

The Bedford Anthology of World Literature Book 4 The Eighteenth Century, 1650-1800

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ISBN13: 9780312402631
ISBN10: 0312402635
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Pub. Date: 2002-11-20
Publisher(s): Bedford/St. Martin's
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Table of Contents

PREFACE v
ABOUT THE EDITORS xxii
PRONUNCIATION KEY xxiii
INTRODUCTION: The Eighteenth Century 1(10)
Comparative Time Line
2(9)
EUROPE: The Age of Enlightenment 11(460)
MAP: Europe in 1740
10(3)
IMAGE: A Concert at Montagu House
13(3)
TIME AND PLACE: Eighteenth-Century Europe: Chinoiserie
16(1)
JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE [1622-1673]
17(5)
Tartuffe (Translated by Richard Wilbur)
22(66)
[Images: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière, 17, Scene from Molière's Tartuffe, 23]
APHRA BEHN [1640-1689]
88(6)
Oroonoko
94(47)
[IMAGES: Aphra Behn, 88; Frontispiece to Oroonoko, A Tragedy, 92]
JONATHAN SWIFT [1667-1745]
141(6)
Gulliver's Travels
147(52)
[IMAGES: Portrait of Lemuel Gulliver, 144; Plate V, Part III, 150; Land of the Houyhnhnms, 153]
FROM Part III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg, and Japan
147(5)
Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
152(47)
IN THE WORLD: Travel Narratives
199(7)
IMAGE: View of Part of the City of Benares
200(2)
MAP: European Trade Patterns c. 1740
202(2)
IMAGE: The King of Siam's Residence
204(2)
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU [1689-1762]
206(1)
FROM The Turkish Letters
207(4)
DENIS DIDEROT [1713-1784]
211(2)
FROM Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville (Translated by Jean Stewart and Jonathan Kemp)
213(4)
MIRZA ABU TALEB KHAN [1752-?1806]
217(1)
FROM Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan (Translated by Charles Stewart)
218(10)
[IMAGE: Portrait of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan and Frontispiece to Travels, 219]
XIE QING GAO (HSIEH CH'ING KAO) [1765-1822]
228(2)
FROM The Hai-lu (Translated by Kenneth Ch'en)
230(2)
ALEXANDER POPE [1688-1744]
232(6)
The Rape of the Lock
238(22)
[IMAGE: The Rape of the Lock, 236]
An Essay on Man
260(9)
Epistle 1
260(7)
FROM Epistle 3
267(2)
FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE [1694-1778]
269(6)
Candide, or Optimism (Translated by Daniel Gordon)
275(64)
[IMAGES: Portrait of Voltaire, 269; The Love Letter, 271]
IN THE WORLD: The Spirit of Inquiry
339(7)
IMAGE: Ascent of the Montgolfier Brothers' Hot-Air Balloon
340(1)
IMAGE: The Engine to Raise Water by Fire
341(1)
IMAGE: Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Flying Machine
342(1)
IMAGE: Benjamin Franklin Conducting His Lightning Experiments
343(2)
IMAGE: Farming in Four Seasons: Irrigation Pump for Lifting Water
345(1)
RENÉ DESCARTES [1596-1650]
346(2)
Discourse on Method (Translated by Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross)
348(5)
[IMAGE: Descartes' Universe, 347]
FROM Part2
348(3)
FROM Part4
351(2)
SIR ISAAC NEWTON [1642-1727]
353(1)
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Translated by Andrew Motte, with revisions by Florian Cajori)
354(4)
[IMAGE: Newton, 353]
FROM Preface to the First Edition
354(4)
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ [1646-1716]
358(1)
FROM Supplement to Theodicy (Translated by George M. Duncan, with revisions by Philip P. Wiener)
359(2)
BAIEN MIURA [1723-1789]
361(1)
FROM Reply to Taga Bokkei (Translated by Rosemary Mercer)
362(5)
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU [1712-1778]
367(5)
Confessions (Translator anonymous)
372(28)
[IMAGE: Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau, 367]
Book 1
372(28)
OLAUDAH EQUIANO [1745-1797]
400(5)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
405(66)
[IMAGES: Portrait of Olaudah Equiano, 401; Slave Ship, 402; MAP: The Voyages of Olaudah Equiano, 406]
Chapter 1 [Equiano's Igbo Roots]
405(13)
Chapter 2 [Captivity and Slavery; the Slave Ship]
418(10)
FROM Chapter 3 [Sold to Captain Pascal; a New Name]
428(3)
FROM Chapter 4 [Baptism and the Desire for Freedom]
431(4)
FROM Chapter 5 [Sold to Robert King; the Horrors of the West Indies]
435(10)
FROM Chapter 7 [Freedom]
445(5)
FROM Chapter 9 [London; Sea Adventures]
450(7)
FROM Chapter 10 [Conversion to Christianity]
457(7)
FROM Chapter 12 [Public Service and Abolition]
464(7)
AMERICA: The Colonial Period 471(136)
MAP: British North America, c. 1763
470(4)
IMAGE: "The Bostonians in Distress"
474(2)
TIME AND PLACE Eighteenth-Century America: King Philip's War
476(1)
MARY ROWLANDSON [c.1635-c.1711]
477(6)
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
483(33)
[IMAGES: Mary Rowlandson and Indians, 478; Frontispiece from Narrative, 481]
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN [1706-1790]
516(6)
Autobiography
522(34)
[IMAGES: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 517, Cover of Poor Richard's Almanack, 518]
FROM Part One [Early Training]
522(14)
FROM Part Two [Moral Improvement]
536(7)
FROM Part Three [Social Projects]
543(13)
THOMAS JEFFERSON [1743-1826]
556(3)
Declaration of Independence
559(5)
[IMAGES: Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 557; Engraving of the Declaration of Independence, 561]
IN THE WORLD: Declarations of Rights and Independence
564(6)
IMAGE: Women Marching to Versailles in 1789
565(4)
IMAGE: The Illustrious Patriots of 1776 and Authors of the Declaration of Independence
569(1)
IROQUOIS NATION [c. l5TH-l8TH CENTURY]
570(1)
FROM The Great Binding Law, Gayanashagowa
571(8)
MARIE LE JARS DE GOURNAY [1565?-1645]
579(1)
FROM On the Equality of Men and Women (Translated by Patricia Clark Smith)
580(6)
JOHN LOCKE [1632-1704]
586(1)
FROM The Second Treatise on Government
587(3)
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU [1712-1778]
590(1)
FROM The Social Contract (Translated by G.D.H. Cole)
591(6)
OLYMPE DE GOUGES [1748-1793]
597(1)
FROM Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (Translated by Darlene Gay Levy)
598(4)
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE AND THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [1789]
602(2)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (Translated by Paul H. Beik)
604(3)
[IMAGE: Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 603]
INDIA: The Mughal Empire 607(18)
MAP: Mughal India, 1707
606(2)
IMAGE: Lady Elijah Impey, Wife of the Chief Justice of Bengal
608(2)
IMAGE: Indian Procession
610(1)
TIME ANO PLACE: Eighteenth-Century India: Kali
611(1)
RAMPRASAD SEN [1718-1775]
612(5)
It's This Hope in Hope
617(1)
How Many Times, Mother?
618(1)
The Dark Mother Is Flying a Kite
619(1)
Kali, Why Are You Naked Again?
620(1)
Now Cry Kali and Take the Plunge!
621(1)
Why Should I Go to Kashi?
622(1)
What's More to Fear around This Place?
623(2)
(Translated by Leonard Nathan and Clinton Seely)
[IMAGE: The Holy Family: Shiva, Parvati, and Their Children on Mount Kailasa, 613]
JAPAN: The Tokugawa Era 625(140)
MAP: Population Density in Late Tokugawa Japan
624(3)
IMAGE: Middle Street of the Yoshiwara
627(2)
TIME AND PLACE: Eighteenth-Century Japan: Genroku Period
629(2)
IHARA SAIKAKU [1642-1693]
631(4)
What the Seasons Brought to the Almanac Maker (Translated by William Theodore de Bary)
635(15)
MATSUO BASHO [1644-1694]
650(7)
The Narrow Road through the Backcountry (Translated by Richard Bodner)
657(28)
[IMAGE: Basho, 650; MAP: Basho's Journeys, 1684-1689, 654]
CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON [1653-1724]
685(6)
The Love Suicides at Amijima (Translated by Donald Keene)
691(28)
[IMAGE: Activities of Twelve Months of the Year, 687]
IN THE WORLD: Love, Marriage, and the Education of Women
719(5)
IMAGE: The Toilet of the Princess
720(1)
IMAGE: Marriage à la Mode
721(2)
IMAGE: A Party Arranging Flowers
723(1)
KAIBARA EKKEN [1630-1714]
724(2)
FROM Greater Learning for Women (Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain)
726(3)
[IMAGE: Woman Reading, 725]
MARY ASTELL [1666-1731]
729(1)
FROM A Serious Proposal to the Ladies
730(2)
FROM Some Reflections upon Marriage
732(2)
[IMAGE: Pamela Tells a Nursery Tale, 729]
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU [1712-1778]
734(1)
Émile (Translated by Barbara Foxley)
735(6)
FROM Book V
735(6)
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT [1759-1797]
741(1)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
742(12)
[IMAGE: Mary Wollstonecraft, 746]
Introduction to the First Edition
742(4)
FROM Chapter 2: The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed
746(5)
FROM Chapter 4: Observations on the State of Degradation to Which Woman Is Reduced by Various Causes
751(1)
FROM Chapter 5: Animadversions on Some of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women Objects of Pity, Bordering on Contempt
752(1)
FROM Chapter 13: Some Instances of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates; with Concluding Reflections on the Moral Improvement That a Revolution in Female Manners Might Naturally Be Expected to Produce
752(2)
SHEN FU [1763-?]
754(1)
Six Records of a Floating Life (Translated by Leonard Pratt and Chiang Su-hui)
755(1)
FROM Part1: The Joys of the Wedding Chamber
755(10)
CHINA: The Early Qing Dynasty 765(119)
MAP: Qing China, c. 1760
764(3)
IMAGE: Lady with Attendants in a Garden
767(1)
IMAGE: Scholar and Attendant
768(3)
TIME AND PLACE: Eighteenth-Century China: The Civil Service Examinations
771(1)
PU SONG-LING (P'U SUNG LING) [1640-1715]
772(4)
The Wise Neighbor (Translated by Christopher Levenson)
776(4)
The Mural (Translated by Denis C. Mair and Victor H. Mair)
780(3)
[IMAGE: Page from Liao-zhai zhi-yi, 773]
CAO XUEQIN [c.1715-1763] AND GAO E [c.1740-1815]
783(6)
The Story of the Stone (Translated by David Hawkes and John Minford)
789(95)
FROM Chapter 1 [The Origin of the Stone]
789(6)
FROM Chapter 3 [Lin Dai-yu Arrives in the Jia Household]
795(14)
FROM Chapter 4 [Xue Bao-chai Arrives in the Jia Household]
809(2)
Chapter 5: Jia Bao-yu Visits the Land of Illusion And the Fairy Disenchantment Performs the "Dream of Golden Days"
811(19)
FROM Chapter 6 [Jia Bao-yu's First Experiment in the Art of Love]
830(1)
FROM Chapter 8 [Jía Bao-yu and Xue Bao-chai Discover Corresponding Inscriptions]
831(4)
FROM Chapter 32 [Jia Bao-yu and Lin Dai-yu Have an Awkward Encounter]
835(4)
FROM Chapter 89 [Lin Dai-yu Vows to Waste Away After Hearing of Jia Bao-yu's Engagement]
839(6)
FROM Chapter 90 [Lin Dai-yu Hears Good News and Begins to Recover; Grandmother Jia Determines Jia Bao-yu's Fate]
845(4)
FROM Chapter 96 [Lin Dai-yu Learns That Jia Bao-yu Will Marry Xue Bao-chai]
849(4)
Chapter 97: Lin Dai-yu Burns Her Poems to Signal the End of Her Heart's Folly And Xue Bao-chai Leaves Home to Take Part in a Solemn Rite
853(16)
FROM Chapter 98 [Crimson Pearl's Suffering Spirit Returns to the Realm of Separation And the Convalescent Stone-in-Waiting Weeps at the Scene of Past Affection]
869(5)
FROM Chapter 119 [Jia Bao-yu Takes the Provincial Examinations and Then Renounces All Worldly Ties]
874(7)
FROM Chapter 120 [Zhen Shi-yin Expounds the Nature of Passion and Illusion; and Jia Yu-cun Concludes the Dream of Golden Days]
881(3)
GLOSSARY OF LITERARY AND CRITICAL TERMS 884(29)
INDEX 913

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