Author: Henry BlissPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Robespierre
Author: Henry BlissRobespierre : a Tragedy
Author: Robespierre: a tragedy [in verse].
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Author: Henry BlissRobespierre
Author: Henry BlissPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330167519
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Excerpt from Robespierre: A Tragedy Mr Dear Moile, Upon publishing a work suggested and encouraged by your example in the tragedy of Philip the Second, I hope our long intimacy may excuse my thus addressing you; not indeed to compliment you upon what you are already well assured has my sincerest approval, but because I know no other person, to whom I can so acceptably make my apology for the present attempt to imitate, in dramatic verse, the passions and opinions, the characters and events of a most strange and momentous epoch in history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Robespierre
Author: Marcel GauchetPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691234957
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
How Robespierre’s career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracy Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) is arguably the most controversial and contradictory figure of the French Revolution, inspiring passionate debate like no other protagonist of those dramatic and violent events. The fervor of those who defend Robespierre the “Incorruptible,” who championed the rights of the people, is met with revulsion by those who condemn him as the bloodthirsty tyrant who sent people to the guillotine. Marcel Gauchet argues that he was both, embodying the glorious achievement of liberty as well as the excesses that culminated in the Terror. In much the same way that 1789 and 1793 symbolize the two opposing faces of the French Revolution, Robespierre’s contradictions were the contradictions of the revolution itself. Robespierre was its purest incarnation, neither the defender of liberty who fell victim to the corrupting influence of power nor the tyrant who betrayed the principles of the revolution. Gauchet shows how Robespierre’s personal transition from opposition to governance was itself an expression of the tragedy inherent in a revolution whose own prophetic ideals were impossible to implement. This panoramic book tells the story of how the man most associated with the founding of modern French democracy was also the first tyrant of that democracy, and it offers vital lessons for all democracies about the perpetual danger of tyranny.
Tragedy Walks the Streets
Author: Matthew S. BuckleyPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801884349
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Fatal Purity
Author: Ruth ScurrPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805082616
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Against the dramatic backdrop of the French Revolution, historian Scurr tracks Robespierre's evolution from lawyer to revolutionary leader. This is a fascinating portrait of a man who identified with the Revolution to the point of madness, and in so doing changed the course of history.
The Fall of Robespierre
Author: Colin JonesPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198715951
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety, was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced.
The Life of Maximilien Robespierre
Author: George Henry LewesRobespierre
Author: Peter McPheePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300183674
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758–94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. For many others, he was the first modern dictator, a fanatic who instigated the murderous Reign of Terror in 1793–94. This masterful biography combines new research into Robespierre's dramatic life with a deep understanding of society and the politics of the French Revolution to arrive at a fresh understanding of the man, his passions, and his tragic shortcomings. Peter McPhee gives special attention to Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock and on the margins of polite provincial society. Exploring how these experiences formed the young lawyer who arrived in Versailles in 1789, the author discovers not the cold, obsessive Robespierre of legend, but a man of passion with close but platonic friendships with women. Soon immersed in revolutionary conflict, he suffered increasingly lengthy periods of nervous collapse correlating with moments of political crisis, yet Robespierre was tragically unable to step away from the crushing burdens of leadership. Did his ruthless, uncompromising exercise of power reflect a descent into madness in his final year of life? McPhee reevaluates the ideology and reality of "the Terror," what Robespierre intended, and whether it represented an abandonment or a reversal of his early liberalism and sense of justice.