{"product_id":"the-revolution-in-popular-literature-print-politics-and-the-people-1790-1860-paperback-9780521103497","title":"The Revolution in Popular Literature; Print, Politics and the People, 1790–1860 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521103497","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Revolution in Popular Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePrint, Politics and the People, 1790–1860\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book takes a new look at the evolution of popular literature in Britain in the Romantic and Victorian periods.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Haywood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521103497, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 December 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages, 18 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book takes a new look at the evolution of popular literature in Britain in the Romantic and Victorian periods. Ian Haywood argues that developments in the history of popular literature emerged from its intersection with radical and reactionary politics of the time. Both sides wanted to win the heart and mind of the 'common reader' and used books to try to influence a newly literate group in society. Making use of a wide range of archival and primary sources, he argues that radical politics played a decisive role in the transformation of popular literature from the plebeian miscellany of the 1790s to the mass-circulation fiction and popular journalism of the 1840s. By charting the key moments in the history of 'cheap' literature, the book casts light on the many neglected popular genres and texts: the 'pig's meat' anthology, the female-authored didactic tale, and Chartist fiction.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIllustrations\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. 'A New Area in Our History': 1. The people's Enlightenment: the radical diffusion of knowledge in the late eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 2. Writing for their country: the plebeian public sphere in the 1790s\u003cbr\u003e 3. The pax femina? Hannah More, counter-revolution, and the politics of female agency\u003cbr\u003e Part II. 'Virtuous Public Excitement': 4. The Palladium of liberty: radical journalism and repression in the postwar era\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Democratic fervour and journal ascendancy': popular culture and the 'unstamped' wars of the 1830s\u003cbr\u003e Part III. A Literature of Their Own: 6. The Chartist revolution\u003cbr\u003e 7. Fathers of the cheap press or 'able speculators'? Edward Lloyd and George W. M. Reynolds\u003cbr\u003e 8. The rights and wrongs of women\u003cbr\u003e 9. Acts of oblivion: 1848 and after.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003995869464,"sku":"9780521103497","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521103497i_c49129ed-ea58-4f83-b68a-f02daa128ba9.jpg?v=1694970883","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-revolution-in-popular-literature-print-politics-and-the-people-1790-1860-paperback-9780521103497","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}