Revolutionary Imaginings in the 1790s - Charlotte Smith, Mary Robinson, Elizabeth Inchbald

Informationen zum Autor AMY GARNAI received her PhD from Tel Aviv University, Israel, where she continues to teach in the Department of English and American Studies. Her essays have appeared in journals such as Women's Writing , SEL and Eighteenth-Century Fiction . Klappentext Revolutionary Imaginings in the 1790s discusses the work of three prominent women writers by focusing on the response to the French Revolution and the struggle for reform in Britain. Examining previously-neglected texts as well as more familiar ones, the book contributes to our understanding of a period of intense political and literary engagement. Zusammenfassung Revolutionary Imaginings in the 1790s discusses the work of three prominent women writers by focusing on the response to the French Revolution and the struggle for reform in Britain. Examining previously-neglected texts as well as more familiar ones! the book contributes to our understanding of a period of intense political and literary engagement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Precarious Bread – Charlotte Smith I 'A Disciple of a Better System' – Charlotte Smith II 'Poetry [and] Politics' – Mary Robinson I "The Best and the Wisest" – Mary Robinson II 'Newgate Before My Eyes' – Elizabeth Inchbald I 'Under a Despotic Government' – Elizabeth Inchbald II Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

List of contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Precarious Bread - Charlotte Smith I 'A Disciple of a Better System' - Charlotte Smith II 'Poetry [and] Politics' - Mary Robinson I "The Best and the Wisest" - Mary Robinson II 'Newgate Before My Eyes' - Elizabeth Inchbald I 'Under a Despotic Government' - Elizabeth Inchbald II Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: A Garnai, A. Garnai, Amy Garnai
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2009
• EAN: 9780230575165
• ISBN: 978-0-230-57516-5
• No. of pages: 251
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Gender Studies, History, Sociology, European History, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literature: history & criticism, Gender studies, gender groups, History, Modern, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, European Literature, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Eighteenth-Century Literature, Literature, Modern—18th century, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection