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A Happier Man: the Refashioning of William Walwyn
The pursuit of William Walwyn, the erstwhile Leveller leader, of a new career as a physician after the failure of his political hopes raises questions about relationships between medicine and politics in the aftermath of England's mid-century revolution. And the evidence of political sympathies...
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Published in: | The Seventeenth century 2012-03, Vol.27 (1), p.54-78 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The pursuit of William Walwyn, the erstwhile Leveller leader, of a new career as a physician after the failure of his political hopes raises questions about relationships between medicine and politics in the aftermath of England's mid-century revolution. And the evidence of political sympathies is tantalizing, for his voluminous and various writings suggest some surprising shifts in overt commitment; they also and just as strikingly disclose some underlying continuities in outlook. Hirst examines the politics of compromise in Walyn's career. He says Walwyn's story shows the importance of the archive of personality, the ideal of happiness that plays in normalizing an apparently disjoined career and grounding an ideology. |
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ISSN: | 0268-117X 2050-4616 |
DOI: | 10.1080/0268117X.2012.10555681 |