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Language and Revolution in Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine, and Godwin (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Language and Revolution in Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine, and Godwin (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Revolution in France of 1789 provoked a major 'pamphlet war' in
Britain as writers debated what exactly had happened, why it had
happened, and where events were now headed. Jane Hodson's book
explores the relationship between political persuasion, literary
style, and linguistic theory in this war of words, focusing on four
key texts: Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France,
Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men, Thomas
Paine's Rights of Man, and William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning
Political Justice. While these texts form the core of Hodson's
project, she ranges far beyond them to survey other works by the
same authors; more than 50 contemporaneous books on language; and
pamphlets, novels, and letters by other writers. The scope of her
study permits her to challenge earlier accounts of the relationship
between language and politics that lack historical nuance. Rather
than seeing the Revolution debate as a straightforward conflict
between radical and conservative linguistic practices, Hodson
argues that there is no direct correlation between a particular
style or linguistic concept and the political affiliation of the
writer. Instead, she shows how each writer attempts to mobilize
contemporary linguistic ideas to lend their texts greater
authority. Her book will appeal to literature scholars and to
historians of language and linguistics working in the Enlightenment
and Romantic eras.
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