Letters written in France, in the summer 1790, to a friend in England : containing various anecdotes relative to the French revolution / Helen Maria Williams ; Susan S. Lanser, Neil Fraistat, editors ; David Brookshire ... [and others], associate editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827.

Contributor:

Fraistat, Neil, 1952-

Lanser, Susan Sniader, 1944-

Series:

Broadview literary texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827--Correspondence.

Williams, Helen Maria.

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827.

Detention of persons.

History.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France.

Du Fossé, Augustin François Thomas, 1750-1833.

Du Fossé, Augustin François Thomas.

Lettres de cachet.

Detention of persons--France--History--18th century.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Autobiographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

295 pages ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Letters written in France

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press, [2001]

Contents:

Helen Maria Williams: A Brief Chronology 51

Contemporary Historical Events 53

A Note on the Text 59

Letters Written in France, in the Summer 1790 61

Appendix A Excerpts From Later Volumes of Williams's Letters from France 151

1. Letters from France: Containing Many New Anecdotes (1792) 151

2. Letters from France: Containing ... Interesting and Original Information, vol. I (1793) 157

3. Letters from France: Containing ... Interesting and Original Information, vol. II (1793) 163

4. Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France [May 1793-July 1794], vol. I (1795) 169

5. Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France [May 1793-July 1794], vol. II (1795) 173

6. Letters Containing a Sketch of the Scenes ... during the Tyranny of Robespierre (1795) 177

7. Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France [July 1794-95] (1796) 185

Appendix B Selected Poetry by Williams 191

1. "To Sensibility" 192

2. A Poem on the Bill Lately Passed for Regulating the Slave Trade 194

3. "The Bastille, A Vision" (from Julia, a Novel; Interspersed with Some Poetical Pieces) 203

4. A Farewell, for Two Years, to England. A Poem 207

Appendix C Critical Reviews of Letters Written in France 213

1. The Analytical Review 213

2. The General Magazine 214

3. The Monthly Review 215

4. The Universal Magazine 216

5. The Critical Review 217

6. The Gentleman's Magazine 218

7. The English Review 219

Appendix D Other Contemporary Responses to Letters Written in France 221

1. Edward Jerningham, "On Reading 'Letters Written from France'" 221

2. Hester Thrale Piozzi, from Thraliana 221

3. Two Letters by Anna Seward 222

4. Society of Friends of the Constitution at Rouen 225

5. Laetitia Matilda Hawkins, from Letters on the Female Mind 227

6. William Wordsworth, from The Prelude (1805), Book IX 229

Appendix E Contemporary Responses to Williams 235

1. William Wordsworth 235

2. James Boswell 236

3. The Anti-Jacobin Review 237

4. Mary Pilkington 237

5. Henry Crabb Robinson 238

6. Williams's Obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine 240

Appendix F The French Revolution: Selected Primary Documents 243

1. Declaration of The Rights of Man and Citizen 243

2. Olympe de Gouges, "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen" 246

3. From Address to the National Assembly Supporting Abolition of the Slave Trade 249

4. The Fete de la Federation as described by the London Times 253

5. Beneficial Effects of the French Revolution 260

Appendix G The French Revolution: Selected Early British Responses 263

1. Richard Price, from A Discourse on the Love of Our Country 263

2. Edmund Burke, from Reflections on the Revolution in France 266

3. Mary Wollstonecraft, from A Vindication of the Rights of Men 273

4. Thomas Paine, from The Rights of Man 276

5. Hannah More, from Village Politics 282

6. Anna Barbauld, "To a Great Nation" 286

7. Mary Alcock, "Instructions ... for the Mob in England" 288.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical reference.

ISBN:

1551112558 :

OCLC:

45557284