Commemorating Peterloo: Violence, Resilience And Claim-Making During The Romantic Era (Edinburgh Critical Studies In Romanticism) - 9781474428569

Two hundred years after the massacre of protestors in Manchester, known as Peterloo, distinguished scholars of Romantic-era literature join together in this commemorative volume to assess the implications of the violence. Contributors explore how attitudes toward violence and the claims of people to participate in government were reflected and revised in the verbal and visual culture of the time. Their analyses provide fresh insights into cultural engagement as a means of resisting oppression and a sign of the resilience of humanity in facing threats and force.

• | Author: Michael Demson|Regina Hewitt, Regina Hewitt
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Collections
• | ISBN-10: 1474428568
• | ISBN-13: 9781474428569