ISBN: 9781138644625 - chartist fiction: volume two (routledge library editions: the victorian world) (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 234.

Zustand: New. In English.

Einband - fest (Hardcover). Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 176 pages. 9.29x6.22x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Editor(s): Haywood, Ian. Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DQ; FC; JPFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 476. . 2016. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 2001. When the Chartist leader Ernest Jones emerged from prison in 1850, he was determined to capture the public's attention with a controversial and topical novel. The result of his endeavours was the remarkable Woman's Wrongs, a series of five tales exploring women's oppression at every level of society from the working class to the aristocracy. Each story presents a graphic, often harrowing account of the social, economic and emotional victimization of women, and taken together the tales comprise a devastating indictment of Victorian patriarchal attitudes and sexual inequalities. In his substantial Introduction, Ian Haywood places the novel in the context of Jones's career as a Chartist author and editor, and in the wider context of the 'woman question'. Some of the topics covered by the Introduction include: the radical press and popular enlightenment, Jones's rivalry with George W. M. Reynolds, and the needlewoman as radical icon. This title will be of interest to students of history.…