Beschreibung:
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.
Introduction, Ian Haywood; Chapter 1 Will Harper: A Poor-Law Tale (1838), Ian Haywood; Chapter 2 The Widow and the Fatherless (1838), Ian Haywood; Chapter 3 The Convict (1839), Ian Haywood; Chapter 4 A Simple Story (1840), Ian Haywood; Chapter 5 Seth Thompson, the Stockinger or, "When Things are at the Worst They Begin to Mend" (1845), Thomas Cooper; Chapter 6 "Merrie England" - No More! (1845), Thomas Cooper; Chapter 7 The Defender: An Irish Tale of 1797 (1840), Ian Haywood; Chapter 8 The Rebel Chief: A Scene in the Wicklow Mountains, 1803 (1840), Ian Haywood; Chapter 9 The Desmonds: A Tale of Landlordism in Ireland(1845), Ian Haywood; Chapter 10 The Meal-Mongers: Or, Food Riots in Ireland (1848), Ian Haywood; Chapter 11 From Dissuasive Warnings to the People on Street Warfare (1839), Alexander Somerville; Chapter 12 The Revolutionist (1840), Ian Haywood; Chapter 13 The Insurgent Leader (1840), Ian Haywood; Chapter 14 The Maid of Warsaw, from The Romance of a People (1847), Ernest Jones; Chapter 15 Nationalism, from The Romance of a People (1847), Ernest Jones; Chapter 16 'A Midnight Rising', from De Brassier: A Democratic Romance (1851-52), Ernest Jones; Chapter 17 The Outcast (1839), W. J. Linton; Chapter 18 The Free-Servant (1839), W. J. Linton; Chapter 19 The Young Seamstress (1847), Ian Haywood; Chapter 20 The Slave of the Needle (1850), Ian Haywood; Chapter 21 The Poor Man's Wrongs (1839), Mary Hutton; Chapter 22 The Charter and the Land (1847), Ian Haywood; Chapter 23 The London Doorstep (A True Story) (1848), Ernest Jones; Chapter 24 'The Convention', from De Brassier, A Democratic Romance (1851-2), Ernest Jones; Chapter -bm1 Notes, Ian Haywood;