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William Wordsworth concerning the Convention of Cintra / edited by Richard Gravil and W.J.B. Owen ; with a critical symposium by Simon Bainbridge ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Political and social views.
- Wordsworth, William.
- Convention of Cintra (1808).
- Convention of Cintra.
- Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Diplomatic history.
- Peninsular War, 1807-1814.
- Portugal--History--Maria I, 1777-1816.
- Portugal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Edition:
- Critical ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tirril [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A bicentennial electronic edition of Wordsworth's impassioned 'pamphlet' on The Convention of Cintra. In 1808 Sir Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) inflicted a major defeat on Napoleon's forces at the battle of Vimiero, but promptly signed a
- Contents:
- ""Licence and Use""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface to the Electronic Edition""; ""Preface to the Prose Works""; ""Table of Sigla and Abbreviations""; ""Abbreviations""; ""CRITICAL SYMPOSIUM, ed. Richard Gravil ""; ""Richard Gravil, Foreword: Wordsworth as Partisan""; ""Simon Bainbridge, A Self-Defeating Campaign ""; ""David Bromwich, Vicarious Feeling: Spanish Independence, English Liberty ""; ""Timothy Michael, The State of Knowledge in the Convention of Cintra""; ""Patrick Vincent, Republicanism in the Convention of Cintra ""
- ""THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA, ed. W J B Owen""""Introduction: General""; ""Introduction: Textual""; ""Title Page (1809)""; ""Motto and Advertisement ""; ""THE TEXT""; ""[Wordsworth�s] APPENDICES""; ""Appendices A-F""; ""Suspension of Arms [The Armistice]""; ""The Definitive Convention""; ""De Quincey's Postscript""; ""EDITORIAL APPENDICES""; ""Address on The Convention of Cintra""; ""HYPERLINKED COMMENTARY: CINTRA (use the blue arrows from Wordsworth's Text and Appendices to arrive at the relevant PAGE of commentary)""; ""HYPERLINKED COMMENTARY: APPENDIX ""
- Notes:
- "Text derived from The Prose Works of William Wordsworth, first published in 1974 by the Clarendon Press, Oxford and digitalized by Humanities-Ebooks in 2008."--T.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-17215-8
- 9786612172151
- 1-84760-063-8
- OCLC:
- 918558488
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