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OverviewEnglish Industrial Fiction of the Mid-Nineteenth Century discusses the valuable fiction written in mid-nineteenth-century Britain which represents the situations of the new breed of industrial workers, both the mostly male factory workers who operated in the oppressive mills of the midlands and north and, in other stories, the oppressed seamstresses who worked mostly in London in very poor and low-paid conditions. Beginning with a general introduction to workers’ fiction at the start of the period, this volume charts the rise of an identifiable genre of industrial fiction and the development of a substantial mode of seamstress fiction through the 1840s, including an analysis of novels by Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Kingsley, Elizabeth Gaskell and Charles Dickens, and more briefly Charlotte Bronte, Geraldine Jewsbury and George Eliot. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of industrial fiction and nineteenth-century Britain, or those with an interest in the relationship between literature, society and politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen KnightPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.503kg ISBN: 9781032739052ISBN 10: 1032739053 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 07 May 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationStephen Knight graduated from Oxford and worked from Lecturer to Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, 1964–86, then was Professor at the universities of Melbourne, De Montfort and Cardiff. In retirement he is an Honorary Research Professor at Melbourne. He has written books on the Robin Hood myth and also on crime fiction, Chaucer, the myth of King Arthur and, recently, nineteenth-century fiction. He has published over 150 academic articles and many reviews. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |