The Romantics by E P Thompson
Thompson galvanized audiences in New York and in England with his unique blend of historical analysis and literary acuity as he examined the turbulent 1790s through the work of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Mary Wollstonecraft, and that of such less well-known authors as William Godwin and John Thelwall. Prepared for publication by his widow, Dorothy Thompson, The Romantics contains all of E. P. Thompson's original texts and notes, as well as an overview of the ideas behind his study of the period. Combining a historian's intimate knowledge of contemporary politics with a close and sympathetic reading of the writings themselves, Thompson traces the intellectual influences that gave rise to the English Romantic movement, and examines the societal pressures - paternalism, authoritarianism, respect for tradition, and the French Revolution - that informed it.
Thompson, E. P.: - E.P. Thompson (1924-1993) was a British historian, writer, socialist, and peace campaigner. He is most famous for his work on the British radical movements of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, as well as influential biographies of William Morris and William Blake. An ardent left-wing socialist critic of the Labour governments of 1964-70 and 1974-79 and a historian in the Marxist tradition, Thompson was an active figure in ending the Cold War.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781565843608 |
| ISBN 10 | 1565843606 |
| Title | The Romantics |
| Author | E P Thompson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | New Press |
| Year published | 1997-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 225 |
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