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The crowd : British literature and public politics

Title
The crowd : British literature and public politics / John Plotz.
Author
Plotz, John, 1967-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.

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Description
xii, 263 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century
  • Political fiction, English > History and criticism
  • Collective behavior in literature
  • Public opinion in literature
  • Crowds in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-255) and index.
Contents
Introduction: arguing with the crowd -- pt. 1. 1800-1821. The necessary veil: Wordsworth's "Residence in London". Public attention in a new direction: Maria Edgeworth's Harrington. Crowded imagination: Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English opium-eater -- pt. 2. 1839-1849. "Grand national sympathy" in De Quincey's "The English mail-coach". Discursive competition in the Victorian public sphere: Thomas Carlyle's Chartism. Producing privacy in public: Charlotte Brontë's Shirley.
Call Number
JFE 01-505
ISBN
  • 0520219163 (cl. : alk. paper)
  • 0520219171 (pbk.)
LCCN
99051794
OCLC
42652643
Author
Plotz, John, 1967-
Title
The crowd : British literature and public politics / John Plotz.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-255) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 01-505
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