Love in the Time of Revolution: Transatlantic Literary Radicalism and Historical Change, 1793-1818 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press) - Hardcover

Andrew Cayton (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1469633493 ISBN 13: 9781469633497

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2017

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Andrew Cayton (1954-2015) held the Warner Woodring Chair in History at the Ohio State University. Previously, he was University Distinguished Professor of History at Miami University, where he taught for twenty-five years. With Fred Anderson, he was co-author of The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000.

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In 1798, English essayist and novelist William Godwin ignited a transatlantic scandal with Memoirs of the Author of "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. Literary radicals argued that the cultivation of intense friendship could lead to the renovation of social and political institutions, whereas others maintained that these freethinkers were indulging their own desires with a disregard for stability and higher authority. Through correspondence and novels, Andrew Cayton finds an ideal lens to view authors, characters, and readers all debating love's power to alter men and women in the world around them.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1469633493
• ISBN 13: 9781469633497
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368