Zum Hauptinhalt springen
Nicht aus der Schweiz? Besuchen Sie lehmanns.de
The Infernal Quixote - Charles Lucas

The Infernal Quixote

A Tale of the Day

(Autor)

M.O. Grenby (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
447 Seiten
2004 | illustrated Edition
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55111-444-6 (ISBN)
CHF 58,90 inkl. MwSt
  • Titel z.Zt. nicht lieferbar
  • Versandkostenfrei
  • Auch auf Rechnung
  • Artikel merken
In this anti-Jacobin (or anti-revolutionary) novel, Charles Lucas engages directly with the most pressing political issues of his day and establishes himself as one of the most forthright and engaging of all the British conservative writers who responded to the French Revolution and its aftermath.
The Infernal Quixote (1801) is an enjoyable comic romp in which Charles Lucas engages directly with the most pressing political issues of his day and establishes himself as one of the most forthright of all the anti-Jacobin writers. Dealing with many aspects of the debates that raged around the writings of Burke, Paine, Wollstonecraft, Godwin, and others, the novel paints a vivid picture of the political and social anxieties prevalent in Britain during the 1790s. Lucas’s work is particularly remarkable for depicting meetings of the London Corresponding Society and the secret “Illuminati” society, and for being the first novel to be set amidst the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

This Broadview edition is accompanied by a critical introduction and a rich selection of primary source materials, including a prospectus for the notorious Minerva Press, a contemporary review, publications of The United Irishmen, and excerpts from Augustin Barruel’s “Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism” and from the writings of William Godwin.

M.O. Grenby is a Reader in English Literature at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the author of The Anti-Jacobin Novel: British Conservatism and the French Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2001).

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Charles Lucas: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text

The Infernal Quixote



Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV

Appendix A: From Charles Lucas, Gwelygordd; or, the Child of Sin. A Tale of Welsh Origin (1820)

Appendix B: An Advertisement for the Minerva Press (1794)

Appendix C: From William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and its Influence on Morals and Happiness (1796)

Appendix D: A Contemporary Review (Critical Review, September 1801)

Appendix E: A London Corresponding Society handbill (1795)

Appendix F: From Augustin Barruel’s Memoirs, Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (1797-98)

Appendix G: Publications of the United Irishmen



A United Irishmen pamphlet from 1791
A United Irishmen handbill distributed in 1798

Select Bibliography and Works Cited

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.8.2004
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 600 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lektüren / Interpretationen
ISBN-10 1-55111-444-5 / 1551114445
ISBN-13 978-1-55111-444-6 / 9781551114446
Zustand Neuware
Informationen gemäß Produktsicherheitsverordnung (GPSR)
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich