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Editorial

Editorial I N A P P R E C I AT I O N With this issue, Robert M. Markley marks his twenty-fifth year as editor of The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation, a milestone of accomplishment and service to the world of eighteenth-century studies. In 1982, Bob--then a junior faculty member at Texas Tech University--began working on the journal with Joel Weinsheimer and Jeff Smitten, who had recently overhauled what had been Studies in Burke and His Time into a scholarly venue for theoretically informed analyses of eighteenth-century culture, The Eighteenth Century of today. Bob has reminisced with me about those days, recalling that he would cradle his infant son while preparing issues for the press. This is a son now grown, graduated from college, and off onto his own successful career as a writer. As readers of the journal know, Bob has edited a number of special issues on a range of topics that parallel the development of his own interests: Restoration drama (1983), literary theory and eighteenth-century studies (1987), eighteenth-century millennialism (2000), and eighteenth-century Europe and Asia (2004). He has also coauthored two editorial manifestoes for the journal (1993, 2004), which reflect his continued commitment to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Eighteenth Century University of Pennsylvania Press

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Copyright © 2007 Texas Tech University Press. All rights reserved.
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1935-0201
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I N A P P R E C I AT I O N With this issue, Robert M. Markley marks his twenty-fifth year as editor of The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation, a milestone of accomplishment and service to the world of eighteenth-century studies. In 1982, Bob--then a junior faculty member at Texas Tech University--began working on the journal with Joel Weinsheimer and Jeff Smitten, who had recently overhauled what had been Studies in Burke and His Time into a scholarly venue for theoretically informed analyses of eighteenth-century culture, The Eighteenth Century of today. Bob has reminisced with me about those days, recalling that he would cradle his infant son while preparing issues for the press. This is a son now grown, graduated from college, and off onto his own successful career as a writer. As readers of the journal know, Bob has edited a number of special issues on a range of topics that parallel the development of his own interests: Restoration drama (1983), literary theory and eighteenth-century studies (1987), eighteenth-century millennialism (2000), and eighteenth-century Europe and Asia (2004). He has also coauthored two editorial manifestoes for the journal (1993, 2004), which reflect his continued commitment to

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The Eighteenth CenturyUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Published: Jun 25, 2007

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