Romanticism and Revolution
A Reader
1. Edition January 2011
216 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Romanticism and Revolution: A Reader presents an anthology of the key texts that both defined the debate over the French Revolution and influenced the Romantic authors. The anthology features an accessible and in-depth sampling of the major contributors to the 'Revolution debate' - from Price, Burke, and Paine to Wollstonecraft and Godwin. It presents readings chronologically to allow readers to experience the unfolding of the debate as it occurred in the 1790s. Romanticism and Revolution offers rich insights into one of the most consequential debates in literary and cultural history.
Romanticism and Revolution: A Readerpresents an anthology of the key texts that both defined the debate over the French Revolution during the 1790s and influenced the Romantic authors.
* Presents readings chronologically to allow readers to experience the unfolding of the debate as it occurred in the 1790s
* Provides an accessible and in-depth sampling of the major contributors to the Revolution debate, from Price, Burke, and Paine to Wollstonecraft and Godwin
David Fallon is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is currently writing a book on William Blake, Myth, and Enlightenment.