Philanthropic Celebrity in the Age of Sensibility: A Historical-Comparative Study of the British, French, and Polish Examples, C. 1770-1830 1032373873, 9781032373874

Philanthropic Celebrity in the Age of Sensibility: A Historical-Comparative Study of the British, French, and Polish Examples, C. 1770-1830 1032373873, 9781032373874

"This book investigates the first moment in history when philanthropy was used as a self-standing claim to fame and

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Marivaux. a Study in Sensibility 9780231886161

Examines the works of Marivaux, known chiefly as the author of a group of comedies, who is seldom named with other succe

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Entente Imperial: British and French Power in the Age of Empire 9781398102897

Today’s arguments over Britain’s relationship with Europe and its place in the world are shaped by its imperial history.

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Carlyle and the Economics of Terror: A Study of Revisionary Gothicism in The French Revolution 9780773565203

Thomas Carlyle's difficult and obscure prose - the bane of every reader who has attempted to come to terms with his

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Feliks Dzierzynski and the SDKPiL: A Study of the Origins of Polish Communism 0880330465, 9780880330466

This book is about Feliks Dzierzynski and a political party that was molded in his image--the Social Democracy of the Ki

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The Correspondence of Christian Gottfried Krause: A Music Lover in the Age of Sensibility [1 ed.] 0754664295, 9780754664291

The fascinating correspondence of the Berlin lawyer and musician Christian Gottfried Krause is an important document ref

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Nationalism in the Age of the French Revolution 9781472599995, 9780907628972

It has been almost a truism of European history that the French Revolution gave a great stimulus to the growth of modern

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The Grammaticalization of 'Give' + Infinitive: A Comparative Study of Russian, Polish, and Czech 9783110293777, 9783110293692

Verbs denoting 'to give' have developed grammatical meanings in many languages of the world. The present study

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Enlightened Sentiments: Judgment and Autonomy in the Age of Sensibility 9780823291458

Enlightened Sentiments reassesses the enlightenment’s liberal legacies by revisiting the wide-ranging development of eig

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The British Miner in the Age of De-Industrialization: A Political and Cultural History 0198887698, 9780198887690

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