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1 online resource. |
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Seventheenth- and eighteenth-century studies
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Introduction -- Laurent Curelly and Nigel Smith Part I: Radical language and themes 1. The community of good motif: an unacceptable radical theme at the time of the English revolution -- Jean-Pierre Cavaillé 2. Thomas Paine's democratic linguistic radicalism: a political philosophy of language? -- Carine Lounissi 3. English radicalism in the 1650s: the Quaker search for the true knowledge -- Catherine Gill Part II: Radical exchanges and networks 4. Secular millenarianism as a radical utopian project in Shaftesbury -- Patrick Müller 5. The diffusion and impact of Baron d'Holbach's texts in Great Britain, 1765-1800 -- Nicholas Treuherz Part III: Radical media and practices 6. The parliamentary context of political radicalism in the English revolution -- Jason Peacey 7. Toasting and the diffusion of radical ideas, 1780-1832 -- Rémy Duthille Part IV: Radical fiction and representation 8. Contesting the press-oppressors of the age: the captivity narrative of William Okeley (1675) -- Catherine Vigier 9. Ways of thinking, ways of writing: novelistic expression of radicalism in the works of Godwin, Holcroft and Bage -- Marion Leclair 10. 'The insane enthusiasm of the time': remembering the regicides in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain and North America -- Edward Vallance Index. |
| Summary |
This edited collection addresses the issue of radicalism by focusing on the media that contributed to its diffusion in the early modern era, using innovative interdisciplinary research that draws on a wide range of primary material. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Radicalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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Radicalism. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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17th century |
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Radicalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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18th century |
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Radicalism and the press -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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Radicalism and the press. |
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Radicalism and the press -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Radicalism in literature.
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Radicalism in literature. |
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1600-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Curelly, Laurent, editor.
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Smith, Nigel, 1958- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781526106193 |
| ISBN |
9781526106216 (electronic book) |
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1526106213 (electronic book) |
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9781526106209 (electronic book) |
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1526106205 (electronic book) |
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9781526106193 (hardback) |
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