Michael Scrivener is Professor of English at Wayne State University, USA (1976-present).
“This is a fine study of a leading democratic politician and
important literary figure . . . [which] is in every respect well
written.”—Gregory Claeys, University of London
“This is the only current book devoted to British writer Thelwall;
most of what has been written about him is available in journal
articles, theses, or essays in books about Jacobin politics or
Romantic writers. Scrivener (English, Wayne State Univ.; editor,
Poetry and Reform: Periodical Verse from the English Democratic
Press, 1792-1824) combines literary analysis of Thelwall’s works
with historical description of the political and social situation,
evaluating Thelwall’s career and his contributions to English
literature and politics during the 1790s and early 1800s. Three
major areas are covered: the ideological and political philosophy
of the Jacobins; Thelwall’s writings and activities as a poet,
journalist, scientist, and orator; and his use of allegory as a
means to avoid political repression. This specialized but well-done
work will complement The Politics of English Jacobinism: The
Writings of John Thelwall, edited by Gregory Claeys (Pennsylvania
State Univ., 1995). Recommended for all academic libraries,
especially those with in-depth collections in Jacobin
studies.”—Shana C. Fair Library Journal
“Michael Scrivener’s Seditious Allegories is one of the handful of
book-length studies of radicalism that rise above simple recovery
of progressive traditions because of the author’s ability to
explain the more complex implications, connotations, and allusions
of radical writing and the kinds of audiences that they anticipate.
The subtlety of his interpretations of specific texts is welcome,
and certainly the richness of his historical awareness is
impressive.”—Gary Dyer European Romantic Review
“Engagingly written and intelligently organized, Seditious
Allegories contributes substantially to the growing body of
Thelwall scholarship.”—Paul Keen Eighteenth-Century Studies
“It is impossible to overstate the John Thelwall’s importance for
the British Romantic literary culture, and Michaels Scrivener’s
excellent new book, Seditious Allegories: John Thelwall and Jacobin
Writing dramatically demonstrates why this is so.”—Stephen C.
Behrendt Wordsworth Circle
“The fact that Thelwall was so remarkably interconnected, as writer
and as political thinker, makes him a natural figure to be placed
within so intricate a texture, and its individual layers are of
such inherent value that scholars of many different fields will
long have reason to thank Michael Scrivener for having so richly
woven it.”—Stuart Curran Albion
“Scrivener’s lively and informed account will prove quite useful to
period scholars, but also worth the notice of readers interested in
the genesis of democracy and the thrill of ‘revolution in the air.’
Not only does Seditious Allegories offer cogent analyses of
political ideology, it also tells fascinating stories in readable
prose.”—Owen Grumbling Studies in Romanticism
"This is a fine study of a leading democratic politician and important literary figure . . . [which] is in every respect well written."-Gregory Claeys, University of London
"This is the only current book devoted to British writer
Thelwall; most of what has been written about him is available in
journal articles, theses, or essays in books about Jacobin politics
or Romantic writers. Scrivener (English, Wayne State Univ.; editor,
Poetry and Reform: Periodical Verse from the English Democratic
Press, 1792-1824) combines literary analysis of Thelwall's
works with historical description of the political and social
situation, evaluating Thelwall's career and his contributions to
English literature and politics during the 1790s and early 1800s.
Three major areas are covered: the ideological and political
philosophy of the Jacobins; Thelwall's writings and activities as a
poet, journalist, scientist, and orator; and his use of allegory as
a means to avoid political repression. This specialized but
well-done work will complement The Politics of English
Jacobinism: The Writings of John Thelwall, edited by Gregory
Claeys (Pennsylvania State Univ., 1995). Recommended for all
academic libraries, especially those with in-depth collections in
Jacobin studies."-Shana C. Fair, Library Journal
"Michael Scrivener's Seditious Allegories is one of the
handful of book-length studies of radicalism that rise above simple
recovery of progressive traditions because of the author's ability
to explain the more complex implications, connotations, and
allusions of radical writing and the kinds of audiences that they
anticipate. The subtlety of his interpretations of specific texts
is welcome, and certainly the richness of his historical awareness
is impressive."-Gary Dyer, European Romantic Review
"Engagingly written and intelligently organized, Seditious
Allegories contributes substantially to the growing body of
Thelwall scholarship."-Paul Keen, Eighteenth-Century
Studies
"It is impossible to overstate the John Thelwall's importance
for the British Romantic literary culture, and Michaels Scrivener's
excellent new book, Seditious Allegories: John Thelwall and Jacobin
Writing dramatically demonstrates why this is so."-Stephen C.
Behrendt, Wordsworth Circle
"The fact that Thelwall was so remarkably interconnected, as
writer and as political thinker, makes him a natural figure to be
placed within so intricate a texture, and its individual layers are
of such inherent value that scholars of many different fields will
long have reason to thank Michael Scrivener for having so richly
woven it."-Stuart Curran, Albion
"Scrivener's lively and informed account will prove quite useful to period scholars, but also worth the notice of readers interested in the genesis of democracy and the thrill of 'revolution in the air.' Not only does Seditious Allegories offer cogent analyses of political ideology, it also tells fascinating stories in readable prose."-Owen Grumbling, Studies in Romanticism
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