Cargando…

Love in the time of revolution : transatlantic literary radicalism and historical change, 1793-1818 /

"In 1798, English essayist and novelist William Godwin ignited a transatlantic scandal with Memoirs of the Author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman." Most controversial were the details of the romantic liaisons of Godwin's wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, with both American Gilb...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cayton, Andrew R. L. (Andrew Robert Lee), 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Colección:Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: A revolution in favor of love
  • "Quite alone in a crowd"
  • A "very sensible" American
  • "I wish to be necessary to you"
  • "We are ... differently organized"
  • An "exchange of symphathy"
  • Modern philosophers
  • American commerce
  • The new man of feeling
  • Love's "very essence is liberty"
  • "The true key of the universe is love"
  • Epilogue: "The subject was of love."