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Revolution and Romanticism
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A facsimile reprint in the Revolution & Romanticism series chosen and introduced by Jonathan Wordsworth ISBN 1 85477 204 x 200 x 127 mm 106pp |
CATHARINE MACAULAY On Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution 1790 Catharine Macaulay’s reply to Burke on the French Revolution (her last work) has never previously been reprinted, but takes its place alongside Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Men as the immediate response of the radical left, preceding Priestley, Mackintosh and Paine. Hers is the language of the trained historian with a liberal, not a republican standpoint; and she believes that the abuses and defects of the British system (which Burke seeks to defend) can be reformed. But for France, with no constitutional basis on which to work, the Revolution had proved inevitable. £30 $55 Whatever form or complexion any future government in France may bear, it can have no legitimate source, but in the will of the people. |
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