Contested Liberalisms: Martineau, Dickens and the Victorian Press Contributor(s): Crawford, Iain (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474453147 ISBN-13: 9781474453141 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Politics - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Women |
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Reframes the long-standing critical narrative of the relationship between Harriet Martineau and Charles Dickens
Focusing on the importance of Martineau's contribution to the development of the early Victorian press, this book highlights the degree to which the public quarrel between her and Dickens in the mid-1850s represented larger fissures within nineteenth-century liberalism. It places Martineau and Dickens within the context of Anglo-American liberalism and demonstrates how these fissures were embedded within a transatlantic conversation over the role of the press in forming a public sphere essential to the development of a liberal society. |