Romantic Period Writings, 1798-1832: An Anthology

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Psychology Press, 1998 - 254 pages

Romantic Period Writings 1798-1832 provides a valuable insight into the condition of Britain in the early part of the nineteenth century. It includes original documents from a range of disciplines and discourses. Each section includes a scholarly introduction, select bibliography, and annotations.
Among the material assembled in the anthology are writings by previously neglected or under-represented women, working-class men, black radicals, and conservative and evangelical polemicists, as well as several unfamiliar texts by canonical writers. The writings are organised into sections on:
* Radical Journalism
* Political Economy
* Atheism
* Nation and State
* Race and Empire
* Gender
* Literary Institutions.

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Contents

GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1
1 RADICAL JOURNALISM
5
2 POLITICAL ECONOMY
31
3 ATHEISM
55
4 EMPIRE AND RACE
77
5 NATION AND STATE
104
6 GENDER
125
7 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS
152
NOTES
180
INDEX
217

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