John Thelwall [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… unified body, which he did through a variety of means including printed publications, staged interventions at theatrical performances, and a series of public lectures. An early lecture on William Godwin ’s Political Justice was initially … to lecture, but now under the guise of lectures on classical history. Earlier in his career Thelwall had used theatrical performance as a means of political protest, attending a performance of Ottway’s play Vencie Preserv’d at Covent Garden on 1 February 1793, where he led a group of friends in …
Debate | Eloquence | French Revolution | Poetry | Public sphere
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