TY - BOOK AU - Cayton,Andrew R.L. TI - Love in the time of revolution: transatlantic literary radicalism and historical change, 1793-1818 SN - 9781469608266 AV - PR878.L69 C39 2013 U1 - 820.9/3543 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press KW - Wollstonecraft, Mary, KW - Godwin, William, KW - Radicalism in literature KW - Politics and literature KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - England KW - Literature and society KW - American fiction KW - History and criticism KW - Love in literature KW - English fiction KW - Radicalisme dans la littérature KW - Politique et littérature KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - 19e siècle KW - Angleterre KW - Littérature et société KW - Roman américain KW - Histoire et critique KW - Amour dans la littérature KW - Roman anglais KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Gender Studies KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - fast KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue: A revolution in favor of love -- "Quite alone in a crowd" -- A "very sensible" American -- "I wish to be necessary to you" -- "We are ... differently organized" -- An "exchange of symphathy" -- Modern philosophers -- American commerce -- The new man of feeling -- Love's "very essence is liberty" -- "The true key of the universe is love" -- Epilogue: "The subject was of love." N2 - "In 1798, English essayist and novelist William Godwin ignited a transatlantic scandal with Memoirs of the Author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman." Most controversial were the details of the romantic liaisons of Godwin's wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, with both American Gilbert Imlay and Godwin himself. Wollstonecraft's life and writings became central to a continuing discussion about love's place in human society. Literary radicals argued that the cultivation of intense friendship could lead to the renovation of social and political institutions, whereas others maintained that these freethinkers were indulging their own desires with a disregard for stability and higher authority. Through correspondence and novels, Andrew Cayton finds an ideal lens to view authors, characters, and readers all debating love's power to alter men and women in the world around them"--; "In 1798, English essayist and novelist William Godwin ignited a transatlantic scandal with Memoirs of the Author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman." Most controversial were the details of the romantic liaisons of Godwin's wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, with both American Gilbert Imlay and Godwin himself. Wollstonecraft's life and writings became central to a continuing discussion about love's place in human society. Literary radicals argued that the cultivation of intense friendship could lead to the renovation of social and political institutions, whereas others maintained that these freethinkers were indulging their own desires with a disregard for stability and higher authority. Through correspondence and novels, Andrew Cayton finds an ideal lens to view authors, characters, and readers all debating love's power to alter men and women in the world around them. Cayton argues for Wollstonecraft's and Godwin's enduring influence on fiction published in Great Britain and the United States and explores Mary Godwin Shelley's endeavors to sustain her mother's faith in romantic love as an engine of social change"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=965113 ER -