From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology, Part 1This is the first of two anthologies designed to accompany the Open University course From Enlightenment to Romanticism, an interdisciplinary exploration of the changes and transitions in European culture between 1780 and 1830. sources on the death of the Old Regime, the Napoleonic phenomenon, slavery, religion and reform. Each selection is accompanied by a detailed introduction explaining the context and siginficance of the sources.Extracts in the anthology stimulate questions rather than provide reassuring answers and offer insights into the major events, movements and personaities of the time. |
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Page 193
For this act of high treason , our family estates were confiscated to the King , and
my dear father found himself destitute in the world , or with no resource but his
own industry . He adopted the medical profession ; and in Jamaica he was
Doctor ...
For this act of high treason , our family estates were confiscated to the King , and
my dear father found himself destitute in the world , or with no resource but his
own industry . He adopted the medical profession ; and in Jamaica he was
Doctor ...
Page 194
She was the property of Lady Douglas , whom I have before mentioned ; and ,
prior to the time she met my father , was chaste and virtuous . After my father had
got his estate , he did not renounce the pestle and mortar , but , in the capacity of
...
She was the property of Lady Douglas , whom I have before mentioned ; and ,
prior to the time she met my father , was chaste and virtuous . After my father had
got his estate , he did not renounce the pestle and mortar , but , in the capacity of
...
Page 200
... next , or of your repeating or insinuating any further slander upon the character
of my father , the late Mr . James Wedderburn , of Inveresk , I have instructed my
Solicitor to take immediate measures for obtaining legal redress against you .
... next , or of your repeating or insinuating any further slander upon the character
of my father , the late Mr . James Wedderburn , of Inveresk , I have instructed my
Solicitor to take immediate measures for obtaining legal redress against you .
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Contents
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni | 3 |
Faith and death in the late Enlightenment | 17 |
David Hume Of Suicide | 24 |
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| Title | From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology, Part 1 A 207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology, Ian L. Donnachie |
| Editors | Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0719066700, 9780719066702 |
| Length | 307 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / General Philosophy / History & Surveys / General |
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