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 194
He there met my mother for the first time , and was determined to have
possession of her . His character was known ; and therefore he was obliged to go
covertly and falsely to work . In Jamaica , slaves that are esteemed by their
owners have ...
He there met my mother for the first time , and was determined to have
possession of her . His character was known ; and therefore he was obliged to go
covertly and falsely to work . In Jamaica , slaves that are esteemed by their
owners have ...
Page 195
COLVILLE asserts , that my mother was of a violent and rebellious temper . I will
leave the reader now to judge for himself , whether she had not some reason for
her conduct . Hath not a slave feelings ? If you starve them , will they not die ?
COLVILLE asserts , that my mother was of a violent and rebellious temper . I will
leave the reader now to judge for himself , whether she had not some reason for
her conduct . Hath not a slave feelings ? If you starve them , will they not die ?
Page 197
But to returnAfter the death of Lady Douglas , who was brought to England to be
buried , James Charles Sholto Douglas , Esq . my mother ' s master , promised
her her freedom on his return to Jamaica ; but his covetous heart would not let
him ...
But to returnAfter the death of Lady Douglas , who was brought to England to be
buried , James Charles Sholto Douglas , Esq . my mother ' s master , promised
her her freedom on his return to Jamaica ; but his covetous heart would not let
him ...
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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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