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The New Cordays: Helen Craik and British Representations of Charlotte Corday, 1793–1800
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations ix
- Preface and Acknowledgments xi
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Introduction
- British Women Writers and the French Revolution, 1789–1815 3
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Revolution and Nationalism
- Blurring the Borders of Nation and Gender: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Character (R)evolution 33
- Challenging Englishness: Frances Burney’s The Wanderer 63
- “The Mild Dominion of the Moon”: Charlotte Smith and the Politics of Transcendence 85
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Revolution and Religion
- The Anxiety of (Feminine) Influence: Hannah More and Counterrevolution 109
- The French, the “Long-wished-for Revolution,” and the Just War in Joanna Southcott 135
- Napoleon, Nationalism, and the Politics of Religion in Mariana Starke’s Letters from Italy 161
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Revolutionary Subjects
- The New Cordays: Helen Craik and British Representations of Charlotte Corday, 1793–1800 193
- Mary Hays’s “Female Philosopher”: Constructing Revolutionary Subjects 233
- Indirect Dissent: “Landscaping” Female Agency in Amelia Alderson Opie’s Poems of the 1790s 261
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Revolutionary Representation
- Elizabeth Inchbald, Joanna Baillie, and Revolutionary Representation in the “Romantic” Period 293
- Benevolent Historian: Helen Maria Williams and Her British Readers 317
- The Politics of Truth and Deception: Charlotte Smith and the French Revolution 337
- Afterword 365
- Contributors 375
- Index 379
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations ix
- Preface and Acknowledgments xi
-
Introduction
- British Women Writers and the French Revolution, 1789–1815 3
-
Revolution and Nationalism
- Blurring the Borders of Nation and Gender: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Character (R)evolution 33
- Challenging Englishness: Frances Burney’s The Wanderer 63
- “The Mild Dominion of the Moon”: Charlotte Smith and the Politics of Transcendence 85
-
Revolution and Religion
- The Anxiety of (Feminine) Influence: Hannah More and Counterrevolution 109
- The French, the “Long-wished-for Revolution,” and the Just War in Joanna Southcott 135
- Napoleon, Nationalism, and the Politics of Religion in Mariana Starke’s Letters from Italy 161
-
Revolutionary Subjects
- The New Cordays: Helen Craik and British Representations of Charlotte Corday, 1793–1800 193
- Mary Hays’s “Female Philosopher”: Constructing Revolutionary Subjects 233
- Indirect Dissent: “Landscaping” Female Agency in Amelia Alderson Opie’s Poems of the 1790s 261
-
Revolutionary Representation
- Elizabeth Inchbald, Joanna Baillie, and Revolutionary Representation in the “Romantic” Period 293
- Benevolent Historian: Helen Maria Williams and Her British Readers 317
- The Politics of Truth and Deception: Charlotte Smith and the French Revolution 337
- Afterword 365
- Contributors 375
- Index 379