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The Irish revolutionary John Mitchel called the French Revolution "the profoundest book, and the most eloquent and fascinating history, that English literature ever produced." [ 15 ] Florence Edward MacCarthy, son of Denis MacCarthy , remarked that "Perhaps more than any other, it stimulated poor John Mitchel & led to his fate in 1848", i.e ...
Romanticism originated in the second half of the 18th century at the same time as the French Revolution. [1] Romanticism continued to grow in reaction to the effects of the social transformation caused by the Revolution. There are many signs of these effects of the French Revolution in various pieces of Romantic literature.
In the early phase of the French Revolution, the British viewed developments favorably in the hopeful expectation that the French would establish a constitutional monarchy. But as the situation in France deteriorated into increased chaos and violence, "the dominant political mood in Britain ceased to be one of celebration and became ...
Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm has described the book in 1990 as being "exceptionally stylish and eloquent" and "extremely well-read." Nevertheless, he considered Citizens to be, above all, in his view a wrongful political denunciation of the revolution and a continuation of a tradition in British literature and popular consciousness (in his view established by the writings of Edmund Burke ...
The French Revolution had a major impact on western history, by ending feudalism in France and creating a path for advances in individual freedoms throughout Europe. [ 227 ] [ 2 ] The revolution represented the most significant challenge to political absolutism up to that point in history and spread democratic ideals throughout Europe and ...
Novels set in the French Revolution (3 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Books about the French Revolution" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
English historians on the French Revolution. London: Oxford University Press. Rudé, George (1988). The French Revolution: Its Causes, Its History and Its Legacy After 200 Years. Grove Press. ISBN 978-1555841508. Spang, Rebecca L (2003). "Paradigms and Paranoia: How modern Is the French Revolution?". American Historical Review. 108 (1): 119– 47.
The Oxford History of the French Revolution received positive reviews from the historian Colin Jones in The Times Literary Supplement, [4] Michael Broers in History, [5] the historian Malcolm Crook in the European Review of History, [6] and the historian Norman Hampson in The English Historical Review, [7] and a mixed review from Thomas J. Schaeper in Library Journal. [8]