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 204
I had scarcely reached my twelfth year when my mistress became too poor to
keep so many of us at home ; and she hired me out to Mrs Pruden , a lady who
lived about five miles off , in the adjoining parish , in a large house near the sea .
I had scarcely reached my twelfth year when my mistress became too poor to
keep so many of us at home ; and she hired me out to Mrs Pruden , a lady who
lived about five miles off , in the adjoining parish , in a large house near the sea .
Page 209
Both my master and mistress seemed to think that they had a right to ill - use them
at their pleasure ; and very often accompanied their commands with blows ,
whether the children were behaving well or ill . I have seen their flesh ragged and
...
Both my master and mistress seemed to think that they had a right to ill - use them
at their pleasure ; and very often accompanied their commands with blows ,
whether the children were behaving well or ill . I have seen their flesh ragged and
...
Page 218
My mistress did not care to take any trouble about me ; and if the Lord had not put
it into the hearts of the neighbours to be kind to me , I must , I really think , have
lain and died . It was a long time before I got well enough to work in the house .
My mistress did not care to take any trouble about me ; and if the Lord had not put
it into the hearts of the neighbours to be kind to me , I must , I really think , have
lain and died . It was a long time before I got well enough to work in the house .
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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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