
Reconsiders The 1820s, An Unjustly Neglected, Highly Self-conscious Decade Defined By Massive And Anxiety-inducing Cultural Transformations. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Notes On Contributors -- A Chronology Of The 1820s -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Truth, Fiction And Breaking News: Theodore Hook And The Poyais Speculation -- Chapter 2 The Surfaces Of History: Scott’s Turn, 1820 -- Keyword: Power -- Keyword: Diffusion -- Chapter 3 Feeding The 1820s: Bread, Beer And Anxiety -- Chapter 4 Light And Darkness: The Magic Lantern At The Dawn Of Media -- Keyword: Performance -- Keyword: Surveillance -- Chapter 5 Paul Pry And Elizabeth Fry: Inspection And Spectatorship In The Social Theatre Of The 1820s -- Chapter 6 Regional News In ‘peacetime’: The Dumfries And Galloway Courier In The 1820s -- Keyword: Liberal -- Keyword: Emigration -- Chapter 7 (re)settling Poetry: The Culture Of Reprinting And The Poetics Of Emigration In The 1820s Southern Settler Colonies -- Chapter 8 ‘innovation And Irregularity’: Religion, Poetry And Song In The 1820s -- Keyword: March Of Intellect -- Keyword: Doubt -- Chapter 9 The Decade Of The Dialogue -- Chapter 10 Butterfly Books And Gilded Flies: Poetry And The Annual -- Chapter 11 ‘still But An Essayist’: Carlyle’s Early Essays And Late-romantic Periodical Culture -- Index Edited By Jon Mee And Matthew Sangster. Includes Index.
Page Count:
280
Publication Date:
2023-01-01
ISBN-10:
1474493297
ISBN-13:
9781474493291
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