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1 online resource |
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Preamble: 'Who are these people?' -- I. The Red Decade. Usual and Unusual in 1790s Britain ; Before and After Lives: John Thelwall and William Godwin. -- II. The Forces of Public Opinion. Joseph Priestley, 'Dr. Phlogiston' ; James Montgomery, Radical Moravian. -- III. Keeping the University and Church Safe from Reform. William Frend, 'Frend of Jesus, friend of the Devil' ; Thomas Beddoes, Sr., No Laughing Matter. -- IV. Other Voices, Other Places. The Suspect Gender: Helen Maria Williams, Our Paris Correspondent ; Suspect Nations: William Drennan, 'Let Irishmen remain sulky, grave and watchful' ; Generic Suspicions: Robert Bage, The Novelist Who Was Not. -- V. End-Games. Gilbert Wakefield, The End of Controversy ; James Mackintosh, The Great Apostate: Judas, Brutus, or Thomas?. -- VI. The Romantic Poets and the Police. Spy Nozy in Somerset: 'A Gang of Disaffected Englishmen' ; Coleridge and Thelwall: 'Whispering Tongues Can Poison Truth' ; Wordsworth, The Prelude, and Posterity ; Robert Southey, More Radical Than Thou ; Charles Lamb, Radical in a lamb's cloak ; Robert Burns, 'A Man for a' That' ; Blake's America: The Prophecy that Failed ; Coda: 'What does it signify?' |
Summary |
'Unusual Suspects' tells the lost stories of the right people in the right place at the wrong time: liberal intellectuals in 'free-born' Britain during a decade when enthusiasm for political reform was enough to see their careers hindered irrevocably |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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English literature -- 18th century -- Political aspects
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Political and social views
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Persecution -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Authors, English -- Political and social views
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English literature
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English literature -- Political aspects
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Persecution
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Politics and government
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Politics and literature
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Romanticism
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056909
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Great Britain
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittanniƫ en Noord-Ierland.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191631979 |
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0191631973 |
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9780191771576 |
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0191771570 |
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