| The Penny Politics of Victorian Popular Fiction Contributor(s): Breton, Rob (Author), Barton, Anna (Editor), Smith, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1526156385 ISBN-13: 9781526156389 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.95 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Penny politics offers a new way to read early Victorian popular fiction such as Jack Sheppard, Sweeney Todd, and The Mysteries of London. It locates forms of radical discourse in the popular literature that emerged simultaneously with Brittan's longest and most significant people's movement. It listens for echoes of Chartist fiction in popular fiction. The book rethinks the relationship between the popular and political, understanding that radical politics had popular appeal and that the lines separating a genuine radicalism from commercial success are complicated and never absolute. With archival work into Newgate calendars and Chartist periodicals, as well as media history and culture, it brings together histories of the popular and political so as to rewrite the radical canon. |