From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology I

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Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin
Manchester University Press, 2003 - 328 pages
This is the first of two anthologies designed to accompany the Open University course From Enlightenment to Romanticism, an interdisciplinary exploration of the changes and transitions in European culture between c. 1780 and 1830. The collection of extracts in this anthology provides primary sources on the death of the Old Regime, the Napoleonic phenomenon, slavery, religion and reform. Each selection is accompanied by a detailed introduction explaining the context and significance of the sources. Extracts in the anthology stimulate questions rather than provide reassuring answers, and offer vital insights into the major events, movements and personalities of the time. This volume provides an invaluable resource for all students of European culture in the period. A companion volume offers readings on industry and changing landscapes, new forms of knowledge, new conceptions of art and the artist, and the exotic and the Oriental. Book jacket.

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Contents

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni 33
3
Faith and death in the late Enlightenment
17
David Hume Of Suicide
24
JeanJacques Rousseau extracts from Profession of Faith of
33
Marquis de Sade Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man
60
The French Revolution
70
of Sweden on the fall of the Bastille 1789
76
Marquis de la Queuille protesting against the oath to
82
Extracts from Book II On Occasional Subjects
248
Hymn 26
249
Hymn 32
250
Hymn 36
251
Hymn 40
252
Hymn 43
253
Hymn 44
254
Hymn 55
255

Emperor Leopold II of Austria and King FrederickWilliam II
84
National Assembly Decree on the Levée en masse 23 August 1793
90
Robespierre on the principles of revolutionary government 1793
96
Documentary extracts on Napoleon
103
Napoleon on his principles of government in the French empire 1807
109
Napoleon on his achievements 1817
115
Documents relating to a painting competition 1807
122
Slave writings
129
Robert Wedderburn Truth SelfSupported 1802
168
Robert Wedderburn Defence Against Blasphemy 1820
184
Robert Wedderburn The Horrors of Slavery 1824
191
Mary Prince The History of Mary Prince 1831
203
the Olney Hymns
229
Hymn 57
243
Hymn 60
244
Hymn 65
245
Hymn 79
246
Hymn 103
247
Hymn 63
256
Hymn 69
257
Hymn 85
258
Extracts from Book III On the Rise Progress Changes and Comforts of the Spiritual Life
259
Hymn 15
260
Hymn 17
261
Hymn 48
262
Hymn 68
263
Hymn 83
264
Early nineteenthcentury hymns
265
Reginald Heber From Greenlands icy mountains
266
James Montgomery Psalm 72 Hail to the Lords anointed
267
William Wilberforce
270
Extracts from A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade addressed to the Freeholders and Other Inhabitants of Yorkshire 1807
292
Extracts from An Appeal to the Religion Justice and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indi...
295
Index
303
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