Poetry and the Politics: Radical Reform in Victorian England by Gregory James (E

Description: Poetry and the Politics by Gregory James, Dr James Gregory Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description *Unique study of a lesser-known Victorian radical *Insight into Chartist movement Publisher Description The nineteenth century was a time of movements - political, social, moral reform causes - which drew on the energies of men and women across Britain. This book studies radical reform at the margins of early Victorian society, focusing on decades of particular social, political and technological ferment: when foreign and British promoters of extravagant technologically assisted utopias could attract many hundreds of supporters of limited means, persuaded to escape grim conditions by emigration to South America; when pioneers of vegetarianism joined the ranks of the temperance movement; and when working-class Chartists, reviving a struggle for political reform, seemed to threaten the State for a brief moment in April 1848. Through the forgotten figure of James Elmslie Duncan, shabby genteel poet and self-proclaimed Apostle of the Messiahdom, The Poetry and the Politics considers themes including poetrys place in radical culture, the response of pantomime to the Chartist challenge to law and order, and associations between madness and revolution.Duncan became a promoter of the technological fantasies of John Adolphus Etzler, a poet of science who prophesied a future free from drudgery, through machinery powered by natural forces.Etzler dreamed of crystal palaces: Duncans public freedom was to end dramatically in 1851 just as a real crystal palace opened to an astonished world. In addition to Duncan, James Gregory also introduces a cast of other poets, earnest reformers and agitators, such as William Thom the weaver poet of Inverury, whose metropolitan feting would end in tragedy; John Goodwyn Barmby, bearded Pontiffarch of the Communist Church; a lunatic Invisible Poet of Cremorne pleasure gardens; the hatter from Reading who challenged the feudal restrictions of the Game Laws by tract, trespass and stuffed jay birds; and foreign exotics such as the German-born Conrad Stollmeyer, escaping the sinking of an experimental Naval Automaton in Margate to build a fortune as theAsphalt King of Trinidad.Combining these figures with the biography of a man whose literary career was eccentric and whose public antics were capitalised upon by critics of Chartist agitation, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in radical reform and popular political movements in Victorian Britain. Author Biography James Gregory is Lecturer in British HistorySince 1800 at the University of Plymouth. He is theauthor of Victorians Against the Gallows: CapitalPunishment and the Abolitionist Movement inNineteenth Century Britain; Reformers, Patronsand Philanthropists: The Cowper-Temples andHigh Politics in Victorian England and Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain, all of which arepublished by I.B.Tauris. Details ISBN 1780767234 ISBN-13 9781780767239 Title Poetry and the Politics Author Gregory James, Dr James Gregory Format Hardcover Year 2014 Pages 352 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc GE_Item_ID:89210125; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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