The Oppositional Aesthetics of Chartist Fiction - Couverture rigide

Breton, Rob

 
9781472471239: The Oppositional Aesthetics of Chartist Fiction
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ISBN 10 : 1472471237 ISBN 13 : 9781472471239
Editeur : Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Redressing a gap in Chartism studies, Rob Breton focuses on the fiction that emerged from the movement, placing it in the context of the Victorian novel and reading it against the works aimed at the middle-class. Breton examines works by well-known writers such as Ernest Jones and Thomas Cooper alongside those of obscure or anonymous writers, rejecting the charge that Chartist fiction fails aesthetically, politically, and culturally. Rather, Breton suggests, it constitutes a type of anti-fiction in which the expectations of narrative are revealed as irreconcilable to the real world. Taking up a range of genres, including the historical romance and social-problem story, Breton theorizes the emergence of the fiction against Marxist conceptualizations of cultural hegemony. In situating Chartist fiction in periodical print culture and specific historical moments, this book shows the ways in which it serves as a critique of mainstream Victorian fiction.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rob Breton is Associate Professor of English at Nipissing University, Canada.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1472471237
ISBN 13 
9781472471239
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
166
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0367881233 ISBN 13 :  9780367881238
Editeur : Routledge, 2019
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