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| Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc Fiction |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Harriet Martineau; Harriet Martineau; Harriet Martineau |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Harriet Martineau; Deborah Anna Logan |
| ISBN: | 1551114410 9781551114415 |
| OCLC Number: | 56419737 |
| Notes: | "The Broadview edition contains a critical introduction and a rich selection of historical documents, including contemporary reviews of Illustrations and writings on population growth, factory conditions, and working-class life"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Description: | 439 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Weal and woe in Garveloch -- A Manchester strike -- Cousin Marshall -- Sowers not reapers -- Appendix A: Titles and themes of the complete Illustrations of political economy -- Appendix B: Reform era documents -- Appendix C: Review of Illustrations of political economy. |
| Series Title: | Broadview editions. |
| Responsibility: | Harriet Martineau ; edited by Deborah Anna Logan. |
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"It is thrilling to see a selection of Harriet Martineau's Illustrations of Political Economy back in print. These tales, once accessible only in rare book rooms, are now available to scholars and students in a clear, well-organized format with useful critical apparatus. Logan's excellent critical introduction contextualizes the publication of Illustrations within debates over reform in the early decades of the nineteenth century and makes a strong case for the centrality of Martineau's work in the history of the nineteenth-century novel. Illustrations of Political Economy is essential reading for students and scholars of nineteenth-century British literature and culture, and Logan's excellent critical edition makes this important text newly engaging and highly accessible for the next generation of cultural historians and general readers." -- Alexis Easley, University of Alaska Southeast "For too long Harriet Martineau's Illustrations of Political Economy has been unavailable for students of the Victorian age despite its influence on a variety of major writers such as Dickens, Gaskell, and Eliot. Indeed, one of Logan's primary achievements is to demonstrate Martineau's place in literary history: uniting literature and political economy and thus establishing the foundation for the reform literature that so marked the mid-Victorian age. This edition of Martineau's stories provides a clear, thought-provoking introduction with an excellent selection of supporting material, and should be of value in the disciplines of history, literature, sociology, and women's studies." -- Lynn M. Alexander, University of Tennessee at Martin Read more...
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- Martineau, Harriet, -- 1802-1876 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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- Didactic fiction, English.
- Working class -- Fiction.
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- Roman didactique anglais.
- Martineau, Harriet, -- 1802-1876
- Social problems.
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