This book takes a new look at the evolution of popular literature
in Britain in the Romantic and Victorian periods. Ian Haywood
argues that developments in the history of popular literature
emerged from its intersection with radical and reactionary politics
of the time. Both sides wanted to win the heart and mind of the
'common reader' and used books to try to influence a newly literate
group in society. Making use of a wide range of archival and
primary sources, he argues that radical politics played a decisive
role in the transformation of popular literature from the plebeian
miscellany of the 1790s to the mass-circulation fiction and popular
journalism of the 1840s. By charting the key moments in the history
of 'cheap' literature, the book casts light on the many neglected
popular genres and texts: the 'pig's meat' anthology, the
female-authored didactic tale, and Chartist fiction.
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