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Commemorating Peterloo : Violence, Resilience and Claim-making during the Romantic Era /
Reflections on the Bicentenary of the 1819 Massacre of Reformers in ManchesterProvides a multi-perspectival, historical revaluation of the violence of PeterlooDraws on contemporary theorizations of violence by Judith Butler, Slavoj Zizek and Rob Nixon to account for the cultural factors leading to P...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism : ECSR
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| Sumario: | Reflections on the Bicentenary of the 1819 Massacre of Reformers in ManchesterProvides a multi-perspectival, historical revaluation of the violence of PeterlooDraws on contemporary theorizations of violence by Judith Butler, Slavoj Zizek and Rob Nixon to account for the cultural factors leading to PeterlooSupplements treatments of Peterloo centering on English history with attention to the significance of that event from Scottish, Irish and North American perspectivesTwo 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (312 p.) : 15 B/W illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781474428583 9783110780420 |
| Acceso: | restricted access |