Word Crimes: Blasphemy, Culture and Literature in Nineteenth Century England
Author:   Joss Marsh
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:  

9780226506906


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   15 August 1998
Format:   Hardback
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Word Crimes: Blasphemy, Culture and Literature in Nineteenth Century England


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In 1883 the editor of a penny newspaper stood trial three times for the ""obsolete"" crime of blasphemy. The editor was G.W. Foote, the paper was the ""Freethinker"", and the trial was the defining event of the decade. This is a reconstructed account of blasphemy in Victorian England, retelling the forgotten stories of more than 200 working-class blasphemers, such as Foote, whose stubborn refusal to silence their ""hooligan"" voices helped secure the present right to speak and write freely, and whose ""martyrdom"" transformed blasphemy from a religious offence into a class and cultural crime.

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Author:   Joss Marsh
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 27.80cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9780226506906


ISBN 10:   0226506908
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   15 August 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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