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"[T]his Casebook can provide a plan for an
entire unit of study in either a history or literature course."
English Literature in Transition (print)
A Tale of Two Cities does not waste a word in telling a
humanly touching, suspenseful tale against the background of one
of the most bloody events in history, the French Revolution. This
collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary
will promote interdisciplinary study of the novel and enrich the
student’s understanding of the French Revolution and the significant
issues it raised. Newlin, the author of Everyone in Dickens
and Every Thing in Dickens, has assembled a rich variety
of materials including excerpts from Thomas Carlyle's work, The
French Revolution, primary documents on "mob" behavior,
the Fall of the Bastille, due process of law, capital punishment
and the development of the guillotine, prison isolation, human dissection
and grave robbing. A detailed chronology of the French Revolution,
interwoven with fictional events from A Tale of Two Cities,
and sketches of major political, military, and financial figures
of the Revolution, will help the student to place the novel in historical
context. This is an ideal companion for teacher use and student
research in interdisciplinary, English, and world history courses.
In addition, this online sourcebook provides the user access to:
- Sites on the French Revolution, The American Revolution, The Seven
Years’ War, and The Gordon Riots
- The History of The Guillotine
- Audio of Songs of The French Revolution E-Texts of A Tale
of Two Cities, Barnaby Rudge, A Child’s History of England,
American Notes, Great Expectations, Posthumous Papers of The
Pickwick Club, LaVendee, Declaration of the Rights of Woman, The
Rights of Man, Common Sense, The Life of Thomas Jefferson,
and others
- Biographical profiles of Charles Dickens, Francois-Marie Arouet
(Voltaire), Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Carlyle,
Maximilien Robespierre, Helen Maria Williams, Olympe de Gouges,
Marie-Jeanne Philipon, John Locke, Marquis de Lafayette, Edmund
Burke, Thomas Paine, Charles I, George III, Charles X, Louis XVIII,
Oliver Cromwell and others
- Russian History Embedded Chronology
- Glossary of cultural references and historical idioms from A
Tale of Two Cities
- Web-based study questions
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