John Thelwall
[ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… of debating societies and literary periodicals, which welcomed views of all political bents, a new form of identity. As his second wife, Cecile Thelwall wrote in her 1837 biography: ‘ the prospect of mingling in circles of …
Debate | Eloquence | French Revolution | Poetry | Public sphere
… and personal relationships. The return to the Lake District also serves as an index of Wordsworth’s evolving political identity. A fervent supporter of the French Revolution in the early 1790s, Wordsworth now viewed the military and …
Correspondence | Domesticity | French Revolution | Politics | Solitude