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About this book
This book is a comprehensive analysis of a neglected aspect of Chartism, its poetry. Here the Chartists are documented as poet-politicians. In order to show how much this poetry can contribute to a deeper understanding of the movement, the poems are treated as literary pieces and as historical sources. Being a mass phenomenon, these poems and songs served as a vehicle of Chartism. They not only express critical insights into society, but also, and even more so, reveal the emotions and values which brought about the mass consensus.
About the author
Ulrike Schwab (1950) studied English philology and history and holds a PhD in English philology. She has taught British and American literature at Kassel University and produced films on visual history at the Institute of Scientific Film in Göttingen.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Poetry of the Chartist Movement
Book Subtitle: A Literary and Historical Study
Authors: Ulrike Schwab
Series Title: Studies in Social History
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1993
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2110-1Published: 28 February 1993
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 249