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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817281303321

Autore

Cobbett William <1763-1835., >

Titolo

The opinions of William Cobbett / / edited by James Grande, John Stevenson and Richard Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-88462-X

1-315-23796-2

1-4094-6433-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasRichard H

Disciplina

941.07/3092

Soggetti

Politicians - Great Britain

Journalists - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 1789-1820

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by Ashgate Pub.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword by Richard Ingrams; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Cobbett's Early Life and Progress; 2 Corruption; 3 Patriotism and Nationalism; 4 Parliamentary Reform; 5 Villains and Pet Hates; 6 Sound Money and Cottage Economy; 7 Religion, Medievalism and the Gothic; 8 Love and Marriage; 9 Poverty and the Poor Laws; 10 America; 11 Scotland and Ireland; 12 Agriculture, Commerce and Industry; 13 Literature, Sensibility and the Romantics; Chronology of Cobbett's Life; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Politician, journalist, reformer, convict, social commentator and all-round thorn in the side of the establishment, Cobbett had a talent for controversial and pugnacious writing that echoes down the centuries and still rings fresh today. Commemorating the 250th anniversary of Cobbett's birth in 1763, this book provides a selection of his writings - both published and unpublished - that highlight his talents, obsessions, and concerns. This book not only brings to life the dynamic and rumbustious world of Georgian England within which Cobbett moved, but also reveals many uncanny parallels with m