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Edmund Burke's "Letter to a Noble Lord": A Textual Study in Political Philosophy and Rhetorical Action.
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Browne, Stephen H. – Communication Monographs, 1988
Analyzes Edmund Burke's "Letter to a Noble Lord," noting that it not only reflects Burke's character, but also represents a significant example of the public letter as a rhetorical form and illustrates Burke's concern for the alignment of principle with public action. (MM)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Letters (Correspondence), Political Attitudes, Rhetorical Criticism
Fable adressee a ceux qui murmurent de payer les impots (Fable Addressed to Those Who Grumble about Paying Taxes)
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Morton, Brian N., Ed. – French Review, 1976
Two pieces by Beaumarchais--a poem against tyranny and a letter to the dramatist Collin d'Harleville--are cited in this article, which includes commentary by the editor. (Text is in French.) (DB)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, French Literature, Poetry, Political Attitudes
"La juventud triunfante" and the Origins of Padre Islas Satire
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Palmer, Joe L. – Hispania, 1973
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Formal Criticism, Literary Styles, Political Attitudes
Escosura's "Noches Lugubres," An Unpublished Play Based on Cadalso's Life
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Hafter, Monroe Z. – Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 1971
Descriptors: Biographies, Characterization, Drama, Eighteenth Century Literature
Una lettera inedita del Parini alla luce dell corrispondenza Condorcet- Frisi (An Unedited Parini Letter Sheds New Light on the Condorcet-Frisi Correspondence)
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Costa' Gustavo – Italica, 1970
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, French, Italian Literature, Letters (Correspondence)
"Emilia Galotti"
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Ryder, Frank G. – German Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, Eighteenth Century Literature, German Literature
Prince M. M. Shcherbatov as Critic of Catherine II's Foreign Policy
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Lentin, A. – Slavonic and East European Review, 1971
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Foreign Policy, History, International Relations
L'Image de Louis XIV dans les memoires de Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint Simon (The Image of Louis XIV in the Memoirs of Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint Simon)
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Kohler, Maurice E. – French Review, 1971
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, French Literature, Historical Criticism, Impressionistic Criticism
Madame de Stael, Rousseau, and the Woman Question
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Gutwirth, Madelyn – Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 1971
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, Females, French Literature
The Post-Revolutionary Woman Idealized: Philadelphia Media's "Republican Mother."
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List, Karen K. – Journalism Quarterly, 1989
Examines eighteenth-century periodical literature published in Philadelphia to explore the major shift of women's roles in the United States during the period following the American Revolution. Notes that independence remained a male prerogative in periodicals, while women's issues and movements toward self-realization were ignored. (MM)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Females, Feminism, Periodicals
La Pensee et l'action dans les "Lettres persanes" (Thought and Action in "Lettres persanes")
Picard, Bernard – French Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, Formal Criticism, French Literature
His Highness' Dog at Kew
Thomas, W. K. – Coll Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Eighteenth Century Literature, English Neoclassic Literary Period, Imagery
Rousseau and Democracy
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Wade, Ira O. – French Review, 1976
The theoretical and practical sides of Rousseau's conception of democracy as a new science of man are discussed. (DB)
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Eighteenth Century Literature, European History
American Literary Radicals from Jefferson to Ginsberg.
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True, Michael – 1973
The depth and peculiar nature of America's radical tradition in literature stand as achievements deserving special attention and renewed emphasis as the bicentennial celebration of the American Revolution approaches. This extensive and varied tradition--including poems, stories, novels, essays, sermons, journals, and letters--extends from the…
Descriptors: Conflict, Dissent, Eighteenth Century Literature, Literary History
Chastellux et Brissot: deux images de l'Amerique au dix-huitieme siecle (Chastellux and Brissot: Two Views of America in the Eighteenth Century)
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Aronson, Nicole – French Review, 1976
This article describes the complementary portraits of post-revolutionary America painted by two French writers, Brissot and Chastellux. (Text is in French.) (DB)
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Eighteenth Century Literature, French Literature, International Relations