James T. Boulton

The Language of Politics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the literature produced at the time of the controversy over Wilkes and the Middlesex elections and by the debate in England over the French Revolution. Writings by Junius, Johnson, Burke, Paine, Mackintosh, Wollstonecraft and Arthur Young among others are examined in order to identify and estimate the effectiveness of the persuasive techniques used by these writers to communicate ideas to their respective audiences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135026134
• Artikelnr.: 39265073

Autorenporträt

James T. Boulton

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Political Controversy 1769-1771 1. Wilkes and the Middlesex
Election: A Brief Survey 2. The Letters of Junius 3. Samuel Johnson: The
False Alarm 4. Junius and Johnson: The Falkland Islands Dispute 5. Edmund
Burke: Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents Part 2: Political
Controversy 1790-1793 6. The Publication of Burke's Reflections and the
Subsequent Controversy: A Survey 7. Edmund Burke: Reflections on the
Revolution in France 8. Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: The Vulgar Style 9.
Vindiciae Gallicae 10.'True Morality Shuns not the Day': Other Pamphletters
in Prose and Verse 11. William Godwin, Philosopher and Novelist. Conclusion
Appendix: Chronological Survey of the Controversy concerning Burke's
Reflections, 1790-1793 Index.