The crowd : British literature and public politics / John Plotz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plotz, John, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Politics and literature.

Great Britain.

History.

Political fiction, English--History and criticism.

Political fiction, English.

Collective behavior in literature.

Public opinion in literature.

Crowds in literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 263 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]

Summary:

Edgeworth, and Charlotte Bronte, arguing that new "representative" crowds became a potent rival for the representational claims of literary texts themselves. As rivals in representation, these crowds triggered important changes not simply in how these authors depicted crowds, but in their notions of public life and privacy in general.

The Crowd is the first book devoted to an analysis of crowds in British literature. In addition to this being a noteworthy and innovative contribution to literary criticism, it addresses ongoing debates in political theory on the nature of the public -- political realm and offers a new reading of the contested public discourses of class, nation, and gender. In the end, it provides a sophisticated and rich analysis of an important facet of the beginning of the modern age.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-255) and index.

ISBN:

0520219163

0520219171

OCLC:

42652643