The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755: Representations and Reactions

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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 Tellez 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 Gregory Quenet, Deconstruire l'evenement. Un seisme 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 maitre Andre 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 recit': Le tremblement de terre de Lisbonne vu par Le Brun, Marchand et Genlis Jeff Loveland, Gueneau de Montbeillard, the Collection academique and the great Lisbon earthquake Anne Saada et Jean Sgard, Tremblements dans la presse Gilbert Larochelle, Voltaire: du tremblement de terre de Lisbonne a la deportation 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

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