Print Politics The Press and Radical Opposition in Early Nineteenth-Century England |
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| Author:
| Gilmartin, Kevin |
| Contribution by:
| Butler, Marilyn
Chandler, James |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02112-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $56.99 |
Book Description:
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Print Politics is the first literary study of the culture of the popular radical movement for parliamentary reform in the early decades of the nineteenth-century. The period was characterised by popular agitation and repressive political measures including trials for seditious and blasphemous libel. Kevin Gilmartin explores the styles and strategies of radical opposition in the periodical press (including the work of William Cobbett, Richard Carlisle and Leigh Hunt), and in the public...
More DescriptionPrint Politics is the first literary study of the culture of the popular radical movement for parliamentary reform in the early decades of the nineteenth-century. The period was characterised by popular agitation and repressive political measures including trials for seditious and blasphemous libel. Kevin Gilmartin explores the styles and strategies of radical opposition in the periodical press (including the work of William Cobbett, Richard Carlisle and Leigh Hunt), and in the public culture of the time.