Download or read book The Language of Politics in the Age of Wilkes and Burke written by James T. Boulton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1963 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the literature produced at the time of the controversy over Wilkes and the Middlesex elections and by the debate in England over the French Revolution. Writings by Junius, Johnson, Burke, Paine, Mackintosh, Wollstonecraft and Arthur Young among others are examined in order to identify and estimate the effectiveness of the persuasive techniques used by these writers to communicate ideas to their respective audiences. Godwin is also given a new assessment. A view of the extent and urgency over the French Revolution is provided by the chronological survey of replies to Burkeâe(tm)s Reflections given in an appendix.