The Anti-Jacobin Novel: British Conservatism and the French Revolution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521803519)

The French Revolution sparked an ideological debate that brought Britain to the brink of its own revolution in the 1790s. As radicals turned to the writing of "Jacobin" fiction, the fear of rebellion prompted conservatives to write novels. This is the first book to examine the extent and variety of Anti-Jacobin fiction. As well as identifying an unprecedented number of these novels and considering what they contain, M.O. Grenby investigates why they were written, especially by women, and why they proved to be so popular.

Author: M. O. Grenby
ISBN-10: 0521803519
ISBN-13: 9780521803519
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2001
Pages: 290
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d