Signs of their times : history, labor, and the body in Cobbett, Carlyle, and Disraeli / John M. Ulrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ulrich, John McAllister.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English prose literature.

Literature and history--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and history.

Great Britain.

History.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.

Cobbett, William.

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. Past and present.

Carlyle, Thomas.

Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881. Sybil.

Disraeli, Benjamin.

Historical fiction, English--History and criticism.

Historical fiction, English.

Human body in literature.

History in literature.

Work in literature.

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, [2002]

Contents:

Introduction: Reading the Signs of the Times: Terms and Conditions 1

1 The Reformation of History and William Cobbett's: A History of the Protestant "Reformation" 13

2 William Cobbett and the (Un) Healthy Body: Matter, Metaphor, and the Man 34

3 "A labor of death and a labor against death": The Writing of History in Thomas Carlyle's Past and Present 58

4 Resisting the Abyss: The Reinscription of Labor in Carlyle's Past and Present 81

5 The "Recovery" of the Past: History and (Self-) Representation in Benjamin Disraeli's Sybil; or, The Two Nations 106

6 "With the shuttle and spindle we may redeem our race": Labor, Redemption, and the Working-Class Body in Disraeli's Sybil 139

Conclusion: "But what are we to do?" 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index.

ISBN:

0821414011

OCLC:

47054734