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Explore the intellectual clash that followed the French Revolution of 1789 through Jane Hodson's groundbreaking analysis of four seminal texts that shaped British political debate. This scholarly work examines how Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men, Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, and William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice deployed language, rhetoric, and linguistic theory as weapons in a fierce war of words. Hodson reveals the intricate connections between political persuasion and literary style, demonstrating how these writers used distinct rhetorical strategies to argue their positions on revolution, rights, and social change. Published by Routledge, this critical study offers essential insights into how language shaped political ideology during one of history's most transformative periods, making it invaluable for students of literary theory, political history, and eighteenth-century thought.

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Focuses on four key eighteenth-century texts that defined the British response to the French Revolution and shaped political discourse.

Analyses the relationship between political persuasion, literary style, and linguistic theory in Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine, and Godwin's writings.

Examines how these four authors used distinct rhetorical strategies to argue competing visions of revolution, rights, and social change.

Explores the 'pamphlet war' in Britain from 1789 onwards, documenting the intellectual debate over revolution's causes, nature, and consequences.

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28 July 2007
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