John Thelwall [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… in which he helped to forge a new model of political sociability. His interest in finding the best means to cement the public together into a coherent social form was a life-long project, traversing many domains, including alehouses, … People > Art and Literature People > Politics People > Association Keywords Debate Eloquence French Revolution Poetry Public sphere John Thelwall was born in Chandos Street in Covent Garden on 27 July 1764, the son of a silk mercer. After … as his ‘intellectual and political father’ (Thelwall 76). As the reform movement gathered momentum in 1793 he attended meetings of a variety of political groups including a number of more gentlemanly organizations such as the Friends of the …
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