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William Cobbett, the press and rural England : radicalism and the fourth estate, 1792-1835 / James Grande, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, King's College London, UK.
- Title
- William Cobbett, the press and rural England : radicalism and the fourth estate, 1792-1835 / James Grande, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, King's College London, UK.
- Author
- Grande, James, 1984-
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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- Description
- xiii, 250 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "William Cobbett, the Press and Rural England offers a thorough re-appraisal of the work of William Cobbett (1763-1835), examining his pioneering journalism, identification with rural England and engagement with contemporary debates. It offers a new interpretation of Cobbett as a Burkean radical, whose work cuts across the 'revolution controversy' of the 1790s and combines Tom Paine's common sense and transatlantic radicalism with Edmund Burke's emphasis on tradition, patriotism and the domestic affections. To Hazlitt, Cobbett came to represent 'a kind of fourth estate in the politics of the country', becoming the virtual embodiment of both rural England and the campaign for parliamentary reform. This study draws on Cobbett's published writings and unpublished correspondence to show how he achieved this status. Individual chapters focus on his writings as Peter Porcupine, publication of parliamentary debates, imprisonment in Newgate, exile on Long Island, role in the Queen Caroline affair, Rural Rides, his prosecution after the Captain Swing riots and his wide-ranging legacies"--
- Series Statement
- Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture
- Subject
- Cobbett, William, 1763-1835
- Cobbett, William, 1763-1835
- 1700 - 1899
- Politicians > Great Britain > Biography
- Journalists > Great Britain > Biography
- English newspapers > History > 18th century
- English newspapers > History > 19th century
- Country life in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- English newspapers
- Journalists
- Manners and customs
- Political science
- Politicians
- Journalismus
- Ländlicher Raum
- Radikalismus
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical
- English newspapers
- HISTORY > Great Britain
- Journalists
- Manners and customs
- Politicians
- Politics and government
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1789-1820
- England > Social life and customs > 18th century
- England > Social life and customs > 19th century
- England
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- ncludes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: Digging up the 1790s -- 1. From the Soldier's Friend to Peter Porcupine -- 2. William Windham and the Hampshire Hog -- 3. Prison, paper money and Cobbett's "Twopenny Trash" -- 4. Long Island pastoral -- 5. Cobbett and Queen Caroline -- 6. Rural Rides and the 1820s --7. "Rural War" and the July Revolution -- Postscript: Cobbett's legacies.
- ISBN
- 9781137380074 (hardback)
- 1137380071 (hardback)
- LCCN
- ^^2014019306
- 40023995503
- OCLC
- 871331221
- SCSB-12485651
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library