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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Breton, Rob, 1965- author.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Description:	158 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Working class in literature. Chartism in literature. Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Chartism in literature. English fiction. Literature and society. Working class in literature. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10772991

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ISBN:	9781472471239 1472471237 9781472471246 9781472471253
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The structure of suffering: social-problem stories
2. Type and symbol: heroes and the historical romance
3. Diverting the drunkard's path: Chartist temperance narratives
4. 'A conspiracy against her virtue': the fallen woman in Chartist fiction
5. Ghosts in the machina: closure in Chartist fiction
References
Index