Writing and radicalism
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Writing and radicalism
（Crosscurrents）
Longman, 1996
- pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780582214149
Description
This study traces popular writing from the 17th century to the present day, covering a period of social and political turmoil. It addresses a number of themes, including the rise of popular culture and its subversive potential and the effects of urbanization on the creation of class consciousness.
Table of Contents
- Women writers and printers during the Commonwealth
- sansculotte poets of the 1790s
- Jacobian novelists
- women radicals, 1780-1820
- John Clare and class
- Chartist novels
- journalism and the suffragettes
- radicalism and the `30s
- women and theatre in the `70s.
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pbk ISBN 9780582214156
Description
Writing and Radicalism is an important volume charting the development of popular radical writing over four centuries. The contributors to the book reveal the variety of literary responses - in poetry, drama, fiction and political essay - to crucial moments of political upheaval and social change. These begin with the Commonwealth period, take in the French Revolution, Chartism, the Suffragette Movement, such key interwar issues as the General Strike and the Spanish Civil War and conclude with the role of women in contemporary society. Adopting a broad interdisciplinary approach, setting the critical literary perspectives in their historical context, this study traces the creative diversity of radical writing, covering influential figures such as Milton and Tom Paine, as well as groups of writers including the Chartist novelists. Key themes are addressed including urbanisation, the development of class consciousness and the subversive potential of popular culture. This new and penetrating study combines scholarly articles with a wide range of original source material.
The study extends the parameters of contemporary debate concerning the role and significance of radical writing to political movements over the period, and uncovers previously neglected writers. The sweeping chronological range of the study and the original documents make Writing and Radicalism an essential introduction for students of literature, history and politics.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction. 2. Women Writers and Printers during the Commonwealth. 3. Sansculotte Poets of the 1790s. 4. Jacobian Novelists. 5. Women radicals, 1780-1820. 6. John Clare and Class. 7. Chartist Novels. 8. Journalism and the Suffragettes. 9. Radicalism and the Thirties. 10. Women and Theatre in the Seventies. Index
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