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| 10459. WHAT WAS THE INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ON BRITAIN? Good basic historical overview of political, economic and literary influences of the French Revolution on her neighbor and rival. Covers how the Revolution gave prominence to British reformers and radicals, the "war of pamphlets" led by Burke and Paine, the Scottish conversions of reformers and their arrests and trials, the conservative backlash, the economic effects of the Revolution, the effect of the Revolution on prominent poets and novelists. finds that while the radicals of the 1790's were repressed in their time, in the long run they "seeded” the successful reform movements of the next century. 11 pages, 28 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources. |
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