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The Poetry and the Politics: Radical Reform in Victorian England
Gregory James
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Description for The Poetry and the Politics: Radical Reform in Victorian England
Hardback. *Unique study of a lesser-known Victorian radical *Insight into Chartist movement Series: Library of Victorian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 572.
The nineteenth century was a time of 'movements' - political, social, moral reform causes - which drew on the energies of men and women across Britain. This book studies radical reform at the margins of early Victorian society, focusing on decades of particular social, political and technological ferment: when foreign and British promoters of extravagant technologically assisted utopias could attract many hundreds of supporters of limited means, persuaded to escape grim conditions by emigration to South America; when pioneers of vegetarianism joined the ranks of the temperance movement; and when working-class Chartists, reviving a struggle for political reform, seemed to ... Read more
The nineteenth century was a time of 'movements' - political, social, moral reform causes - which drew on the energies of men and women across Britain. This book studies radical reform at the margins of early Victorian society, focusing on decades of particular social, political and technological ferment: when foreign and British promoters of extravagant technologically assisted utopias could attract many hundreds of supporters of limited means, persuaded to escape grim conditions by emigration to South America; when pioneers of vegetarianism joined the ranks of the temperance movement; and when working-class Chartists, reviving a struggle for political reform, seemed to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Library of Victorian Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780767239
SKU
V9781780767239
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About Gregory James
James Gregory is Lecturer in British HistorySince 1800 at the University of Plymouth. He is theauthor of Victorians Against the Gallows: CapitalPunishment and the Abolitionist Movement inNineteenth Century Britain; Reformers, Patronsand Philanthropists: The Cowper-Temples andHigh Politics in Victorian England and Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain, all of which arepublished by I.B.Tauris.
Reviews for The Poetry and the Politics: Radical Reform in Victorian England
'James Gregory has not only rescued James Elmslie Duncan from obscurity and condescension, he has also written a book that transforms our understanding of the poetry and politics of early Victorian radicalism and reform.' - Malcolm Chase, Professor of Social History, University of Leeds; 'As a study of the Chartist milieu and the enthusiasms of mid century radicals, Gregory's book ... Read more