Burke, Paine, Godwin, and the Revolution Controversy
- ISBN-10
- 0521286565
- ISBN-13
- 9780521286565
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984-06-14
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Marilyn Butler
Description
Analysis of the great Revolution debate of late eighteenth century England, inspired by the French Revolution, reveals how the passions of oppositional writers were sufficiently aroused to create a "pamphlet war."
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