Rhetoric and Resistance : The Literary Arts of Dissent in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Ohio University Press

Rhetoric and ResistanceThe Literary Arts of Dissent in Nineteenth-Century Britain\nAuthor(s): Maeve Adams\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780821426463, 978-0821426463\nSynopsis\nA fresh perspective on the enduring relationship between literature, democracy, and dissent \n Rhetoric and Resistance explores the transformative role of nineteenth-century literature in shaping modern concepts and practices of democratic dissent. By examining the works of Romantic and Victorian novelists, poets, and journalists, Maeve Adams identifies origins of modern theories and practices of resistance in nineteenth-century literary forms. Offering a literary history of dissent, the book recovers the intertwined development of democracy and aesthetics, revealing how narrative form became a potent tool for challenging authority.\n Tracing the lineage of dissent from the radical fiction and journalism of the 1800s to contemporary.