Romanticism and Politics, 1789û1832

The history of the Romantic period is often dominated by the cataclysmic political events that occurred within it The collection is divided into thematically linked sections, each of which is prefaced with brief notes on themes, issues and texts, and lists of books for further study. The dates of the period have been extended at the beginning to provide extracts from texts that frame the ensuing radical debate that arose around the French Revolution and concludes at the Reform Act of 1832, which can be seen as the culmination of the movement for political reform in the latter half of the Romantic period. The division of topic areas within the volumes into specific areas of interest will provide an easy route to negotiate the texts, whereas sections such as 'Women and politics' and 'Colonial politics' will highlight previously neglected areas.

VOLUME I General Introduction Part 1 French Revolution Debate 1. Extracts from Richard Price, 'A Discourse on the Love of Our Country', delivered at the Meeting House in the Old Jewry, to the Society for Commemorating the Revolution in Great Britain (London, 1789), pp. 20-4, 28-43, 49-51 [24 pages] 2. Extracts from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (London, 1790), pp. 55-8, 83-6 [8 pages] 3. Samuel Romilly, Thoughts on the Probable Influence of the French Revolution on Great-Britain (London, 1790) [24 pages] 4. Extract from Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Men (London, 1790), pp. 135-45 [11 pages] 5. Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France in the Summer of 1790, to a Friend in England (London, 1790), pp. 22-32 [11 pages] 6. Extract from James Mackintosh, Vindiciae Gallicae (London, 1791), pp. 114-25 [12 pages] 7. Extract from Joseph Priestley, Letters to the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, Occasioned by His Reflections on the Revolution in France (London: 1791), pp. 1-9 [9 pages] 8. Extract from Thomas Christie, Letters on the Revolution of France (Dublin, 1791), Part 1, pp. 75-7 [3 pages] 9. Extracts from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution (London, 1791), pp. 18-20, 52-5 [7 pages] 10. Extract from Thomas Moore, An Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, on the Dangerous and Destructive Tendency of the French System of Liberty and Equality, with an Historical Account of the French Revolution (York, 1793?), pp. 5-11 [7 pages] 11. Extracts from William Frend, Peace and Union Recommended to the Associated Bodies of Republicans and Anti-Republicans (St Ives, 1793), pp. 1-21, 30-5, 42-4 [30 pages] 12. William Fox, Thoughts on the Death of the King of France (London, 1793) [17 pages] 13. Ann Yearsley, Reflections on the Death of Louis XVI (Bristol, 1793) [6 pages] 14. Arthur Young, The Example of France, a Warning to Britain (London, 1793), pp. 14-17 [4 pages] 15. Daniel Stuart, Peace and Reform, against War and Corruption (London, 1794), pp. 1-5, 47-9 [8 pages] 16. Mary Wollstonecraft, An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution , 2nd edn (London, 1795), pp. 295-311 [17 pages] 17. 'On the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution, and its Effects on France and other Countries', The Anti-Jacobin; or Weekly Examiner , 1 (20 Nov. 1797), 22-6 [5 pages] 18. Laetitia Matilda Hawkins, Letters on the Female Mind, its Powers and Pursuits; with Particular Reference to the Dangerous Opinions Contained in the Writings of Miss H. M. Williams , 2nd edn, 2 vols (London, 1801), Vol. I, pp. 93-100 [8 pages] Part 2 War with France 19. Karl Anton Hickel, 'William Pitt Addressing the House of Commons on the French Declaration of War, 1793' (c. 1793-5) [1 page] 20. John Bowles, The Real Grounds of the Present War with France (London, 1793), pp. 1-14 [14 pages] 21. William Fox, The Interest of Great Britain Respecting the French War (London, 1793) [17 pages] 22. James Gillray, Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion,'or'Forcible Reasons for Negotiating a Regicide Peace (1795) [1 page] 23. Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Prospect of a Regicide Peace, in a Series of Letters (London, 1796), pp. 5-15 [11 pages] 24. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 'The War', The Watchman (Bristol, 1796), pp. 81-3 [3 pages] 25. Charles James Fox, The Celebrated Speech of the Honourable C. J. Fox, with the Proceedings of the Meeting at the Shakespeare Tavern, on Friday, October 10, 1800, being the Anniversary of his First Election for Westminster wherein he s