Rousseau, Robespierre and English Romanticism by Gregory Dart (English) Paperbac

Description: Rousseau, Robespierre and English Romanticism by Gregory Dart This book re-examines Rousseaus influence on the French Revolution and on English Romanticism, through his confessional writings and political theory, and their mediation in the speeches and actions of Robespierre. Gregory Dart shows how the writings of Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth and Hazlitt engage with the Jacobin tradition after the Terror. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book re-opens the question of Rousseaus influence on the French Revolution and on English Romanticism, by examining the relationship between his confessional writings and his political theory. Gregory Dart argues that by looking at the way in which Rousseaus writings were mediated by the speeches and actions of the French Jacobin statesman Maximilien Robespierre, we can gain a clearer and more concrete sense of the legacy he left to English writers. He shows how the writings of William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Wordsworth and William Hazlitt rehearse and reflect upon the Jacobin tradition in the aftermath of the French revolutionary Terror. Author Biography Gregory Dart is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at University College London. Among his books are Rousseau, Robespierre and English Romanticism and Unrequited Love: On Stalking and Being Stalked. He is writing a book on the art and literature of the early nineteenth-century city. Table of Contents Introduction; 1. Despotism of liberty: Robespierre and the illusion of politics; 2. The politics of confession in Rousseau and Robespierre; 3. Chivalry, justice and the law in William Godwins Caleb Williams; 4. The Prometheus of Sentiment: Rousseau, Wollstonecraft and aesthetic education; 5. Strangling the infant Hercules: Malthus and the population controversy; 6. The virtue of one paramount mind: Wordsworth and the politics of the mountain; 7. Sour Jacobinism: William Hazlitt and the resistance to reform; Bibliography. Review "...Darts discussion of each of these writers is valuable..." Michael Wiley, The Wordsworth Circle ...unique insight into Rousseau and the period." Choice "This recent book by Gregory Dart is a well-informed and intelligently executed account of the impact of Rousseaus thought upon British romanticism... Rousseau, Robespirre, and Romanticism is a valuable, highly readable addition to romantic scholarship, a text that future analysts of the intersections of politics and literature in the age of romanticism would do well to read with care. Alertly attentive to the texts it reads, it sketches with considerable success the highly important process of Rousseaus assimilation into the political life of England in the post-revolutionary era." Stidies in Romanticism, 40 (Summer 01) Promotional Re-examines Rousseaus influence on French Revolution and English Romanticism, through the mediating figure of Robespierre. Review Quote ...unique insight into Rousseau and the period." Choice Promotional "Headline" Re-examines Rousseaus influence on French Revolution and English Romanticism, through the mediating figure of Robespierre. Description for Bookstore This book re-examines Rousseaus influence on the French Revolution and on English Romanticism, through his confessional writings and political theory, and their mediation in the speeches and actions of Robespierre. Gregory Dart shows how the writings of Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth and Hazlitt engage with the Jacobin tradition after the Terror. Description for Library This book re-examines Rousseaus influence on the French Revolution and on English Romanticism, through his confessional writings and political theory, and their mediation in the speeches and actions of Robespierre. Gregory Dart shows how the writings of Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth and Hazlitt engage with the Jacobin tradition after the Terror. Details ISBN0521020395 Author Gregory Dart Short Title ROUSSEAU ROBESPIERRE & ENGLISH Pages 304 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521020395 ISBN-13 9780521020398 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 32 Year 2005 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition Description Revised Affiliation University of York Illustrations 5 Halftones, unspecified DOI 10.1604/9780521020398 UK Release Date 2005-09-26 AU Release Date 2005-09-26 NZ Release Date 2005-09-26 Series Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Publication Date 2005-09-26 Alternative 9780511484162 DEWEY 820.709 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91379419;

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