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1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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?'. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pitt, William, 1759-1806. |
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English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
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18th century |
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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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Authors, English. |
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Political and social views. |
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Politics and literature. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Persecution -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Persecution. |
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Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Romanticism. |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820.
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Politics and government. |
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1789-1820 |
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1700-1820 |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnston, Kenneth R. Unusual suspects 9780199657803 (OCoLC)835969170 |
| ISBN |
9780191631979 (electronic book) |
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0191631973 (electronic book) |
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9780199657803 |
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0199657807 |
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9780191771576 ebook |
| Standard No. |
99955451957 |
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