John Thelwall radical romantic and acquitted felon
John Thelwall was a Romantic and Enlightenment polymath. In 1794 he was tried and acquitted of high treason, earning himself the disdainful soubriquet 'acquitted felon' from Secretary of State for War, William Windham. Later, Thelwall's interests turned to poetry and plays, and was a...
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Format: | UnknownFormat |
Sprache: | eng |
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London, New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2016
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Schriftenreihe: | The Enlightenment world
Number 11 |
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Zusammenfassung: | John Thelwall was a Romantic and Enlightenment polymath. In 1794 he was tried and acquitted of high treason, earning himself the disdainful soubriquet 'acquitted felon' from Secretary of State for War, William Windham. Later, Thelwall's interests turned to poetry and plays, and was a collaborator and confidant of Wordsworth and Coleridge. |
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Beschreibung: | xvi, 227 Seiten |
ISBN: | 9781138663763 978-1-138-66376-3 9781851969739 978-1-85196-973-9 |