The Literature of Struggle: An Anthology of Chartist Fiction

by Ian Haywood (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1995. Chartism inspired a prodigious literary output, based on its own newspapers and journals. However, while some Chartist political writings have been reprinted, the aesthetic texts of the movement have largely been neglected. This selection of short stories and extracts from longer fiction aims to remedy this situation and covers a diversity of authors, genres and themes. This title will be of interest to students of history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138643963
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/08/2016
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World , #24
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents: The Condition of England: Will Harper: A Poor Law Tale; The Widow and the Fatherless; The Convict; A Simple Story; Seth Thompson, the Stockinger; Merrie England: No More!; Ireland: The Defender: An Irish Tale of 1797; The Rebel Chief: A Scene in the Wicklow Mountains, 1803; The Desmonds: A Tale of Landlordism in Ireland; The Meal-Mongers: or, Food Riots in Ireland; Revolution: from Dissuasive Warnings to the People on Street Warfare; The Revolutionist; The Insurgent Leader; ’The Maid from Warsaw’ from The Romance of a People; ’Nationalism’ from The Romance of a People; A Midnight Rising from De Brassier: A Democratic Romance; Women: The Outcast; W J Linton, The Free Servant; The Young Seamstress; The Slave of the Needle; Chartism: Mary Hutton, The Poor Man's Wrongs; The Charter and the Land; The London Doorstep; ’The Convention’ from De Brassier: A Democratic Romance; Index.

Editorial Reviews

Developed in the face of repressive anti-poor laws and persecution, the British working class Chartist movement combined Paineite political rights with the belief that industriousness, not property, conferred value on the individual. This anthology contains some 25 of these vital, accessible, and didactic works of Chartist fiction in their entirety. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'a publishing event of no small cultural and critical significance...a brave and highly commendable publishing venture...libraries both here in Scandinavia and elsewhere should not fail to subscribe to this unique and important series of historical reprints.' Ronald Paul, Moderna Sprāk, No.2

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