The French Revolution and the English Novel

From the PREFACE THIS study in the 'tendenz' novel was begun with the idea of paralleling Dr. Hancock's book, "The French Revolution and the English Poets," in furnishing detailed consideration of a literary form which Professor Dowden's general treatment of the period necessarily presents in outline merely. It is evident, however, that the Revolutionary poets and the Revolutionary novelists must rest their claims to our interest on different grounds. A discussion of Wordsworth, Coleridge, ...