Literature and Class - From the Peasants' Revolt to the French Revolution (Hardcover)

This book explores the intimate relationship between literature and class in England (and later Britain) from the Peasants' Revolt at the end of the fourteenth century to the impact of the French Revolution at the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. The book argues throughout that class cannot be seen as a modern phenomenon that occurred after the Industrial revolution but that class divisions and relations have always structured societies and that it makes sense to assume a historical continuity. The book explores a number of themes relating to class: class consciousness; class conflict; commercialisation; servitude; rebellion; gender relations; and colonisation. After outlining the history of class relations, five chapters explore the ways in which social class consciously and unconsciously influenced a series of writers: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Behn, Rochester, Defoe, Duck, Richardson, Burney, Blake and Wordsworth. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Andrew Hadfield
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-2583-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs
LSN:	1-5261-2583-8
Barcode:	9781526125835

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