Cotton Famine Poetry: Functions of Emotion in British and American Verse 1861-65 - Couverture rigide

Rennie, Simon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3032019621 ISBN 13 : 9783032019622

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2025

Synopsis

This book represents the first substantial text examining the nature of Cotton Famine poetry, which responded to the severe economic downturn in the cotton trade in Lancashire and elsewhere precipitated by the Union blockade of Confederate exports during the American Civil War (1861-65). The poetry, largely collected from Lancashire newspapers and American periodicals, is featured on the Poetry of the Lancashire Cotton Famine database. The poems offer a unique opportunity to engage with the opinions and feelings of ordinary Victorians reacting to extraordinary circumstances, and a chance to re-assess Anglo-American relations during the Civil War through the lens of transatlantic poetic discourse.

After a general introduction the book is split into two sections. The first section contains chapters examining the literary and historical context of the poetry, while the second offers interpretation through a blend of close analysis and critical approaches relating to the function of emotion in political discourse.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3032019621
• ISBN 13: 9783032019622
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 333
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