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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... people when the rich grind the face of the poor . Lotteries must be nearly as
bad a way of getting money for the good of a nation , as it is for an individual
when he is poor , and obliged to pawn his goods to increase his poverty , already
poor .
... people when the rich grind the face of the poor . Lotteries must be nearly as
bad a way of getting money for the good of a nation , as it is for an individual
when he is poor , and obliged to pawn his goods to increase his poverty , already
poor .
Page 205
It was a sorrowful meeting ; and we lamented with a great and sore crying our
unfortunate situation . ' Here comes one of my poor picaninnies ! ' she said , the
moment I came in , ' one of the poor slave - brood who are to be sold to - morrow .
It was a sorrowful meeting ; and we lamented with a great and sore crying our
unfortunate situation . ' Here comes one of my poor picaninnies ! ' she said , the
moment I came in , ' one of the poor slave - brood who are to be sold to - morrow .
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work ; and , Master Dickey being the overseer of the slaves just then , this poor
creature , who was subject to several bodily infirmities , and was not quite right in
her head , did not wheel the barrow fast enough to please him . He threw her ...
work ; and , Master Dickey being the overseer of the slaves just then , this poor
creature , who was subject to several bodily infirmities , and was not quite right in
her head , did not wheel the barrow fast enough to please him . He threw her ...
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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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