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GREAT EXPECTATIONS FUTURITY IN THE LONG EIGHTEE...

What did eighteenth-century men and women think about when they contemplated the future? What
was hidden in the dark bosom of futurity  as Richardson's Pamela calls it? Do all types of
literature that supply a critique of the present conjure up an idealized past or a vision of a
better future? Predictions and prophecies - not only astrological but also political ones 
utopian models  theological concepts like predestination  progress in the sciences  and  last
but not least  life-after-death  both in the form of secular fame and the immortal soul  are
among the topics addressed by the essays collected in this volume.

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