Majesty of the people, the: popular sovereignty and the role of the writer in the 1790s
Auteur :
Green, Georgina
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199689064
Date de publication :
13 févr. 2014
Dimensions :
22,3 x 14,7 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
446 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Focusing on the writing of John Thelwall, Thomas Paine, Helen Maria Williams, William Godwin, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth, he Majesty of the People examines how theories about the role of the intellectual or the writer were developed as part of the 1790s' contestation of the concept of the majesty of the people.