Poetry and popular protest : Peterloo, Cato Street and the Queen Caroline controversy / John Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, John, 1971-

Series:

Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.

Protest poetry, English--History and criticism--19th century.

Protest poetry, English.

Political poetry, English--History and criticism--19th century.

Political poetry, English.

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

English poetry.

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

Politics and literature.

Great Britain.

History.

Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821--In literature.

Caroline.

Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819.

Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820.

Romanticism--Great Britain.

Romanticism.

Physical Description:

xix, 272 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Peterloo, Cato Street and the Queen Caroline controversy

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Contents:

Part I Peterloo 11

1 Peterloo 13

2 Myth-making: Samuel Bamford and Peterloo 21

3 William Hone's Peterloo 33

4 Shelley: Doggerel and Dialectics 72

Part II The Cato Street Conspiracy 103

5 The Cato Street Tragedy 105

6 Charles Lamb and the Spy System 120

7 Byron, Cato Street and Marino Faliero 130

Part III The Queen Caroline Controversy 157

8 Introducing the Players 159

9 Byron and the Loyalists 183

10 Shelley and the Radicals 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index.

ISBN:

9780230280717

0230280714

OCLC:

748809373

Publisher Number:

9786613159304