Poetry and Popular Protest Peterloo, Cato Street and the Queen Caroline Controversy
Description
This book provides provocative information on poetry written in response to the most revolutionary set of events seen in Britain since the 1640s: 'Peterloo', a peaceful protest that became a massacre; 'Cato Street', a government scripted rebellion; and the 'Queen Caroline Controversy', when the estranged wife of George IV tried to claim her crown.
Keywords
Literary CriticismPoetrySemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceEuropeanModern19th CenturyLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & Social
2011Book
Author(s)John Gardner
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230280717
LanguageEnglish
