The Westminster Review

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The Westminster Review was a 19th-century British intellectual and literary journal known for its radical politics and association with prominent thinkers such as George Eliot.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf intellectual journal
literary journal
periodical
aimedAt educated readership
alternativeName Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review
associatedWith George Eliot
John Stuart Mill
Marian Evans
associatedWithMovement philosophical radicalism
utilitarianism
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
editor John Stuart Mill
employedAsAssistantEditor George Eliot
employedAsEditor George Eliot
foundedBy Jeremy Bentham
genre intellectual criticism
literary criticism
political commentary
hasPublicationFrequency quarterly
ideologicalStance reformist
secular
inception 1824
influenced Victorian intellectual culture
liberal political thought in Britain
language English
mediaType print
notableContributor Francis Place
Harriet Martineau
James Mill
Thomas Carlyle
notableFor association with George Eliot
radical political commentary
utilitarian and radical philosophy articles
opposedTo Tory establishment
religious orthodoxy
placeOfPublication London
politicalAlignment radical
utilitarian
publicationPeriod 19th century
subjectMatter literature
philosophy
politics
social reform
supported freedom of thought
parliamentary reform
social reform

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
The Westminster Review ("Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review")
alternativeName
Harriet Taylor Mill
associatedWith
George Eliot
employer

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