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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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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 This study draws on Cobbett's published writings and unpublished correspondence to show how he achieved this status.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

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Genre/Form

Biographies
History

Bibliography (note)

ncludes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index.

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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

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Harvard Library