John Thelwall [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… of Animal Vitality he published his genre-bending The Peripatetic , a compendium of verse and prose that united sentimental fiction, with gothic elements, underpinned by his idiosyncratic materialism. 3 . Thelwall’s interest in … 2014). 4 . John Thelwall, 'The Peripatetic, or Sketches of the Heart, of Nature and Society', in A Series of Politico-Sentimental Journals in Verse and Prose of the Eccentric Excursions of Sylvanus Theophrastus (London: Printed for the … 1 February 1793, where he led a group of friends in cheering loudly and pointedly at a speech which expressed republican sentiments. In both the theatre protest and his history lectures Thelwall used history as a cover, to encourage …
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