A History of British Working-Class Literature examines the rich contributions of working-class writers in Great Britain from 1700 to the present. Since the early eighteenth century the phenomenon of working-class writing has been recognised, but almost invariably co-opted in some ultimately distorti...

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Other Authors:	Goodridge, John 1953- (Editor), Keegan, Bridget 1966- (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2017
Subjects:	Geschichte 1700-2015 Working class writings, English / History and criticism English literature / History and criticism Working class / Great Britain / Intellectual life Arbeiterliteratur Englisch Großbritannien Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	A History of British Working-Class Literature examines the rich contributions of working-class writers in Great Britain from 1700 to the present. Since the early eighteenth century the phenomenon of working-class writing has been recognised, but almost invariably co-opted in some ultimately distorting manner, whether as examples of 'natural genius'; a Victorian self-improvement ethic; or as an aspect of the heroic workers of nineteenth- and twentieth-century radical culture. The present work contrastingly applies a wide variety of interpretive approaches to this literature. Essays on more familiar topics, such as the 'agrarian idyll' of John Clare, are mixed with entirely new areas in the field like working-class women's 'life-narratives'. This authoritative and comprehensive History explores a wide range of genres such as travel writing, the verse-epistle, the elegy and novels, while covering aspects of Welsh, Scottish, Ulster/Irish culture and transatlantic perspectives
Physical Description:	1 Online-Resource (xxiv, 473 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:	9781108105392
DOI:	10.1017/9781108105392