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Faces of Revolution in British Culture

Politics, Language and Literature

by Jorge Bastos da Silva
language: english
Publisher: U.Porto Press, December of 2024 ‧
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This study focuses on historical developments, ideological debates, and literary depictions of real or envisaged revolutions in order to show that the idea of a sudden, clean break with the past has gained comparatively little purchase in British culture over the centuries.

Instead, an incremental spirit has predominated.

The point is not that revolutions were never planned or attempted.

It is, rather, that the prevalent approach to the idea of revolution has been one that either denies the revolutionary character of the most profound changes or, if it recognizes it, one that derides revolutions as evils and mistakes.

Authors covered range from William Shakespeare and John Milton in the Early Modern Period to the socialist George Orwell and the fascist Oswald Mosley in the twentieth century.

Faces of Revolution in British Culture

Politics, Language and Literature

by Jorge Bastos da Silva

Property Description
ISBN: 9789897464034
Publisher: U.Porto Press
Release Date: December of 2024
Language: English
Dimensions: 130 x 180 x 5 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 68
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Other Literary Forms
EAN: 9789897464034

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Jorge Bastos da Silva

Jorge Bastos da Silva é docente do Departamento de Estudos Anglo-Americanos da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, onde tem lecionado disciplinas das áreas da Literatura Inglesa, da Cultura Inglesa e dos Estudos sobre a Utopia. Tem realizado trabalhos naquelas áreas, assim como na área dos Estudos de Tradução e das relações culturais entre Portugal e o Reino Unido.
É autor de "O Véu do Templo - Contributo para uma topologia romântica" (1999) e de "Utopias de Cordel e Textos Afins - Uma antologia" (2004). Com Fátima Vieira, organizou os volumes "Desígnios Augustanos - Estudos sobre a Rainha Ana de Inglaterra e a sua época" (2003) e "George Orwell: Perspectivas Contemporâneas" (2005).
Encontra-se a elaborar uma dissertação de doutoramento centrada na literatura inglesa da segunda metade do século XVII e do primeiro quartel do século XVIII.

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