Johnson, George M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 153. Gale Research, 1995.
153: 42
Jean-Paul Marat
Standard Name: Marat, Jean-Paul
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Patricia Wentworth | PW
's heroine is Aline de Rochambeau, a beautiful and innocent young aristocrat fresh from her convent education. She is loved, pursued, and married by Danjean, a sympathetic revolutionary, even though a disciple of the... |
| Literary Setting | Helen Craik | HC
's portrayal of Corday (an attempt to rehabilitate her both personally and politically, as good woman and good citizen) is very interesting, and as Craciun observes, the friendship between the two women emerges as... |
| Literary Setting | Mary Robinson | This blends gender politics with national politics, but emphasises the former. Its heroine, Martha Bradford, dark, tough, witty, and affectionate, enacts accented versions of some of MR
's experiences. Her father prefers her fair, compliant... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Laura Riding | She wrote this while her husband was working on a biography of Marat
, and dedicated it to him by his initials, L. G., even though by the time it came out (under the... |
| Textual Features | Mary Robinson | As well as MR
's account of her life, designed to mark her out as a romantic heroine and victim (and not immune from exaggeration and unreliability), this publication includes much of her other literary... |
| Textual Production | Marjorie Bowen | MB
, as Joseph Shearing, published her biographical study of Charlotte Corday
(murderer of the revolutionary Marat
), The Angel of the Assassination. TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive. 1741 (13 June 1935): 382 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Marjorie Bowen |
Timeline
13 July 1793: Charlotte Corday, a Royalist from Normandy,...
National or international item
13 July 1793
Charlotte Corday
, a Royalist from Normandy, assassinated Marat
as he lay in his bath.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
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Lefebvre, Georges. The French Revolution. Routledge and K. Paul, 1962.
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Craciun, Adriana, and Kari E. Lokke, editors. “The New Cordays: Helen Craik and British Representations of Charlotte Corday, 1793-1800”. Rebellious Hearts: British Women Writers and the French Revolution, State University of New York Press, 2001, pp. 193-32.
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