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The oppositional aesthetics of Chartist fiction : reading against the middle-class novel /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breton, Rob, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Subjects:
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Working class in literature.
Chartism in literature.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English fiction.
Literature and society.
Great Britain.
1800 - 1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The structure of suffering: social-problem stories
  • Type and symbol: heroes and the historical romance
  • Diverting the drunkard's path: Chartist temperance narratives
  • A conspiracy against her virtue: the fallen woman in Chartist fiction
  • Ghosts in the machina: closure in Chartist fiction.