Thomas Hood and nineteenth-century poetry
Work, play, and politics
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Theory
| Author: | Sara Lodge | ISBN: | 9781526101648 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press | Publication: | May 16, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sara Lodge |
| ISBN: | 9781526101648 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Publication: | May 16, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press |
| Language: | English |
This, the first modern critical study of a lyricist, humorist and social protest poet who was a household name throughout the Victorian period, explores the relationship between Thomas Hood’s playfulness, his liberal politics, and contemporary cultural debate about labour and recreation, literary materiality and urban consumption.
This, the first modern critical study of a lyricist, humorist and social protest poet who was a household name throughout the Victorian period, explores the relationship between Thomas Hood’s playfulness, his liberal politics, and contemporary cultural debate about labour and recreation, literary materiality and urban consumption.
