Love in the Time of Revolution: Transatlantic Literary Radicalism and Historical Change, 1793-1818

ISBN-10
146960826X
ISBN-13
9781469608266
Category
American fiction
Pages
364
Language
English
Published
2013
Author
Andrew Robert Lee Cayton

Description

In 1798, English essayist and novelist William Godwin ignited a transatlantic scandal with 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'. Most controversial were the details of the romantic liaisons of Godwin's wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, with both American Gilbert Imlay and Godwin himself. Wollstonecraft's life and writings became central to a continuing discussion about love's place in human society. Through correspondence and novels Cayton views authors, characters, and readers all debating love's power to alter men and women in the world around them.

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