1st Edition
The Industrial Muse A Study of Nineteenth Century British Working-Class Literature
By Martha Vicinus
Copyright 1974
386 Pages
by
Routledge
386 Pages
by
Routledge
386 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1974, The Industrial Muse is a study of the literary achievements of the working class. The focus is upon the cultural environment and assumptions of self-educated writers, their literary preoccupations and careers, and the content, form and structure of their writings.
This literature must first be considered from the perspective of the working people who read and wrote it,... Read more
Plates Preface Introduction 1. Street Ballads and Broadsides: The Foundation of a Class Culture 2. Literature as Propaganda: The Coal Miners’ Unions, 1825-1845 3. Chartist Poetry and Fiction: The Development of a Class-Based Literature 4. Literature as a Vocation: The Self-Educated Poets 5. An Appropriate Voice: Dialect Literature of the Industrial North 6. The Music Hall: From a Class to a Mass Entertainment Appendix Bibliography Index
Biography
Martha Vicinus
