| A Natural History of Revolution: Violence and Nature in the French Revolutionary Imagination, 1789–1794 Subjects: France -- History -- Revolution 1789–1799; Violence -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 18th century; Natural disasters -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 18th century; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 18th century; The use of nature metaphors in explaining and justifying the excesses of the French Revolutions. Mary Ashburn Miller is an ACLS New Faculty Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Humanities at Reed College. |