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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Cayton, Andrew Robert Lee (1954-....)
Titre(s) : Love in the time of revolution [Texte imprimé] : transatlantic literary radicalism and historical change, 1793-1818 / Andrew Cayton
Publication : Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro institute of early American history and
culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina press, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (351 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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 Gilbert Imlay and Godwin himself. Wollstonecraft's life and writings
became central to a continuing discussion about love's place in human society. Literary
radicals argued that the cultivation of intense friendship could lead to the renovation
of social and political institutions, whereas others maintained that these freethinkers
were indulging their own desires with a disregard for stability and higher authority.
Through correspondence and novels, Andrew Cayton finds an ideal lens to view authors,
characters, and readers all debating love's power to alter men and women in the world
around them. Cayton argues for Wollstonecraft's and Godwin's enduring influence on
fiction published in Great Britain and the United States and explores Mary Godwin
Shelley's endeavors to sustain her mother's faith in romantic love as an engine of
social change"-- ; "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 Gilbert Imlay and Godwin himself. Wollstonecraft's
life and writings became central to a continuing discussion about love's place in
human society. Literary radicals argued that the cultivation of intense friendship
could lead to the renovation of social and political institutions, whereas others
maintained that these freethinkers were indulging their own desires with a disregard
for stability and higher authority. Through correspondence and novels, Andrew Cayton
finds an ideal lens to view authors, characters, and readers all debating love's power
to alter men and women in the world around them"--
Sujet(s) : Godwin, William (1756-1836) -- Influence
Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797) -- Influence
Amour -- Dans la littérature
Radicalisme -- Dans la littérature
Littérature et société -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle
Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781469607504 (hardback). - ISBN 1469607506 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436190140
Notice n° :
FRBNF43619014
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