1st Edition

The Literature of Struggle An Anthology of Chartist Fiction

Edited By Ian Haywood Copyright 1995
    222 Pages
    by Routledge

    222 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1995. Chartism inspired a prodigious literary output, based on its own newspapers and journals. However, while some Chartist political writings have been reprinted, the aesthetic texts of the movement have largely been neglected. This selection of short stories and extracts from longer fiction aims to remedy this situation and covers a diversity of authors, genres and themes.

    Ian Haywood has written a cogent and wide-ranging review of the Chartist movement and its literature as an introduction to this collection of little-known and revealing stories. The diction is divided into the following areas: the condition of England, Ireland, revolution, women and Chartism itself. This title will be of interest to students of history.

    Acknowledgements;  Introduction;  1. The Condition of England  2. Ireland  3. Revolution  4. Women  5. Chartism;  Notes

    Biography

    Ian Haywood