The Language of Politics Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 39

ISBN-13: 9780415652483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str.

James T. Boulton

Opis

This title focuses on the literature produced at the time of the controversy over Wilkes and the Middlesex elections and by the debate in England over the French Revolution. Writings by Burke, Paine, Mackintosh and Wollstonecraft among others are examined in order to identify and estimate the effectiveness of the persuasive techniques used to communicate ideas to their respective audiences.

Spis treści

Part 1: Political Controversy 1769-1771  1. Wilkes and the Middlesex Election: A Brief Survey  2.  The Letters of Junius  3. Samuel Johnson: The False Alarm  4. Junius and Johnson: The Falkland Islands Dispute  5. Edmund Burke: Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents  Part 2: Political Controversy 1790-1793  6. The Publication of Burke’s  Reflections and the Subsequent Controversy: A Survey  7. Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France  8. Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man: The Vulgar Style  9. Vindiciae Gallicae  10.’True Morality Shuns not the Day’: Other Pamphletters in Prose and Verse  11. William Godwin, Philosopher and Novelist. Conclusion Appendix: Chronological Survey of the Controversy concerning Burke’s Reflections, 1790-1793 Index.

O autorze

James T. Boulton