{"product_id":"burke-paine-godwin-and-the-revolution-controversy-paperback-9780521286565","title":"Burke, Paine, Godwin, and the Revolution Controversy (Paperback) 9780521286565","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBurke, Paine, Godwin, and the Revolution Controversy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarilyn Butler (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521286565, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 14 June 1984\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCambridge English Prose Texts consists of volumes devoted to selections of non-fictional English prose of the late sixteenth to the mid nineteenth centuries. The series provides students, primarily though not exclusively those of English literature, with the opportunity of reading significant prose writers who, for a variety of reasons (not least their generally being unavailable in suitable editions), are rarely studied, but whose influence on their times was very considerable. Marilyn Butler's volume centres on the great Revolution debate in England in the 1790s, inspired by the French Revolution. The debate consists of a single series of works which depend for their meaning upon one another, and upon the historical situation which gave them birth. Major tracts by Burke (Reflections on the Revolution in France), Paine (The Rights of Man), and Godwin (Enquiry Concerning Political Justice) are given at length, while important shorter pieces by such writers as Hannah More, Thomas Spence, and William Cobbett appear virtually complete. The volume is especially interesting for its portrait of a community of oppositional writers. Many of them knew one another personally, and stimulated and sustained one another against the pro-government majority. Their collaborative literary enterprise, and its break up, offer a fascinating perspective on Romanticism and the growth of an extra-parliamentary opposition functioning through the press. The volume also reveals the impact of the great debate on writers such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Coleridge, and Wordsworth. As with other titles in the series, the volume is comprehensively annotated: obscure allusions to people, places, and events are glossed in footnotes and endnotes, while prefactory headnotes comment on the circumstances surrounding the composition of each extract. In a substantial introduction Dr Butler offers a broad examination of this pamphlet war and its main participants. There is a helpful critical guide to further reading for those wishing to pursue their study of the subject. The volume will be a vital sourcebook for students of English Romantic literature, history, and political history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Editorial note\u003cbr\u003e Introductory essay\u003cbr\u003e 1. The diversions of purley John Horne Tooke (1736–1812)\u003cbr\u003e 2. A discourse on the love of our country Richard Price (1723–1791)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke (1729–1797)\u003cbr\u003e 4. A letter to a noble lord Edmund Burke (1729–1797)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Thoughts and details on scarcity Edmund Burke (1729–1797)\u003cbr\u003e 6. A vidication of the rights of men Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)\u003cbr\u003e 7. A vidication of the rights of women Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Letters from France Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Letters to the right hon. Edmund Burke Joseph Priestley (1733–1804)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Vindiciae Gallicae James Mackintosh (1765–1832)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Travels in France during the years 1787, 1788 and 1789 Arthur Young (1741–1820)\u003cbr\u003e 12. The example of France, a warning to Britain Arthur Young (1741–1820)\u003cbr\u003e 13. The rights of man Tom Paine (1737–1809)\u003cbr\u003e 14. The age of reason Tom Paine (1737–1809)\u003cbr\u003e 15. The soldier's friend William Cobbett (1762–1835)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Observations on the emigration of Dr. Joseph Priestly William Cobbett (1762–1835)\u003cbr\u003e 17. A sermon, preached … on January 30, 1793 Samuel Horsley (1733–1806)\u003cbr\u003e 18. Appendix to a sermon (1793) Richard Watson (1737–1816)\u003cbr\u003e 19. Enquiry concerning political justice William Godwin (1756–1856)\u003cbr\u003e 20. Cursory structures on the charge delivered by lord William Godwin (1756–1856)\u003cbr\u003e 21. Village politics Hannah More (1745–1833)\u003cbr\u003e 22. Politics for the people Daniel Isaac Eaton (d. 1814)\u003cbr\u003e 23. The meridian sun of liberty\u003cbr\u003e or the whole rights of man Thomas Spence (1750–1814)\u003cbr\u003e 24. Conciones ad populum Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)\u003cbr\u003e 25. The plot discovered Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)\u003cbr\u003e 26. Robin Hood Joseph Ritson (1752–1803)\u003cbr\u003e 27. The tribune John Thelwall (1764–1834)\u003cbr\u003e 28. Sober reflections on the seditions and inflammatory letter of the right hon. Edmund Burke John Thelwall (1764–1834)\u003cbr\u003e 29. The antijacobin, or weekly examiner The Antijacobin\u003cbr\u003e 30. A reply to some parts of the bishop of Landaff's address Gilbert Wakefield (1756–1801)\u003cbr\u003e 31. 'A letter to the bishop of Landaff' William Wordsworth (1770–1850)\u003cbr\u003e 32. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth (1770–1850)\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Anthologies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Anthologies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Anthologies%20%5Bnon-poetry%5D%20%5BDQ%5D%22\"\u003enon-poetry DQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45999612952856,"sku":"9780521286565","price":38.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521286565_8f9014c5-044a-4d22-b081-59155b8af705.gif?v=1691374570","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/burke-paine-godwin-and-the-revolution-controversy-paperback-9780521286565","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}