Penny politics offers a new way to read early Victorian popular
fiction such as Jack Sheppard, Sweeney Todd, and The Mysteries of
London. It locates forms of radical discourse in the popular
literature that emerged simultaneously with Brittan’s longest and
most significant people’s movement. It listens for echoes of
Chartist fiction in popular fiction. The book rethinks the
relationship between the popular and political, understanding that
radical politics had popular appeal and that the lines separating a
genuine radicalism from commercial success are complicated and
never absolute. With archival work into Newgate calendars and
Chartist periodicals, as well as media history and culture, it
brings together histories of the popular and political so as to
rewrite the radical canon. -- .
General
Imprint: |
Manchester University Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Rob Breton
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
248 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5261-7453-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5261-7453-7 |
Barcode: |
9781526174536 |
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