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

220 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.... Read more

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

Biography

Ian Haywood