The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755: Representations and Reactions(2005:02 Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment)

Table of Contents:
List of illustrations Michel Delon, Avant-propos Theodore E. D. Braun and John B. Radner, Introduction Malcolm Jack, Destruction and regeneration: Lisbon, 1755 Charles D. James and Jan T. Kozak, Representations of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake Russell R. Dynes, The Lisbon earthquake of 1755: the first modern disaster Diego Téllez Alarcia, Spanish interpretations of the Lisbon Earthquake between 1755 and the war of 1762 Carmen Espejo Cala, Spanish news pamphlets on the 1755 earthquake: trade strategies of the printers of Seville Matthias Georgi, The Lisbon earthquake and scientific knowledge in the British public sphere Robert G. Ingram, ‘The trembling Earth is God’s herald’: earthquakes, religion, and public life in Britain during the 1750s Robert Webster, The Lisbon earthquake: John and Charles Wesley Reconsidered Grégory Quenet, Déconstruire l’événement. Un séisme philosophique ou une catastrophe naturelle? Theodore E. D. Braun, Voltaire and Le Franc de Pompignan: poetic reactions to the Lisbon earthquake Anne-Sophie Barrovecchio, A propos de Voltaire, de maître André et du Tremblement de terre de Lisbonne: histoire d’une supercherie tragique de l’avocat Jean-Henri Marchand Catriona Seth, ‘Je ne pourrai pas en faire le récit’: Le tremblement de terre de Lisbonne vu par Le Brun, Marchand et Genlis Jeff Loveland, Guéneau de Montbeillard, the Collection académique and the great Lisbon earthquake Anne Saada et Jean Sgard, Tremblements dans la presse Gilbert Larochelle, Voltaire: du tremblement de terre de Lisbonne à la déportation des Acadiens Monika Gisler, Optimism and theodicy: perceptions of the Lisbon earthquake in protestant Switzerland Luanne Frank, No way out: Heinrich von Kleist’s Erdbeben in Chile Estela J. Vieira, Coping and creating after catastrophe: the significance of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 on the literary culture of Portugal Summaries Bibliography Index

Review :
'The chapters on history, politics, scientific debate, press coverage and illustrations are invaluable: well written and highly informative. These make up the majority of the volume, twelve out of eighteen chapters, and will be of interest to a wide variety of specialists from many disciplines. For that reason alone, I would recommend this volume highly. The four or so articles which deal specifically with Voltaire and his contemporaries will no doubt be of relevance to specialists in that particular field and are entirely appropriate in the context of his volume.' British Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies 'One cannot often say of a volume of scholarly essays that it makes for absorbing reading, but it is true in this case.' The Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer 'The anthology’s strength lies in the presentation of a multifaceted evaluation of the Lisbon earthquake, analogous to the international response it provoked in the eighteenth century.' Monatshefte