ENGL 3P32 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: French Revolution, Helen Maria Williams
27 Jan 2017
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She becomes a sort of english reporter for what is happening in france. She moved back and forth between england and france; she travelled a lot. Profound role in shaping the opinion of france to the english people. This (cid:373)akes her attra(cid:272)t atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) that is(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s positi(cid:448)e. She is a women who is stepping out of line. She does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a huge positio(cid:374) of po(cid:449)er so she talks a(cid:271)out da(cid:455) to da(cid:455) life. She sees the cost of the problems. 2 different groups in the french revolution. 1 group wanted a peaceful transition of power, the other where more violent. She likes the ideals of the re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) (cid:271)ut she does(cid:374)"t like the e(cid:454)(cid:272)esses. Su(cid:271)s(cid:272)ri(cid:271)er list: people (cid:449)ho pre order a(cid:374) author"s (cid:271)ook. The money they give help fund the publishing. The genres in her writing are very diverse. Their reactions to her tell us about reading practices during the time. Some of her most vocal critiques were women.
