William Cobbett was one of the greatest journalists of his day.
Humbly born in Surrey, following a career in the British army in
Canada from 1784, he cut his journalistic teeth as the loyalist
'Peter Porcupine' in the United States, defending all things
British against the French Revolution and its supporters. Following
his return to England in 1800 he became the major critic of
corruption and a principal advocate of parliamentary reform and
press freedom. It led to prosecution, prison and temporary exile,
but also to the eventual triumph of reform and his persistent
defence of the rights of the poor. This is the first essay
collection devoted to Cobbett and contains essays from scholars
from a wide variety of disciplines. It will be of interest to those
researching the literature and culture of the late eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries, including the works of Paine, Rousseau,
Swift and Hazlitt, and the Chartist movement.
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