Focusing on the importance of Martineau's contribution to the development of the early Victorian press, this book highlights the degree to which the public quarrel between her and Dickens in the mid-1850s represented larger fissures within nineteenth-century liberalism. It places Martineau and Dickens within the context of Anglo-American liberalism and demonstrates how these fissures were embedded within a transatlantic conversation over the role of the press in forming a public sphere essential to the development of a liberal society.

About the Author
Iain Crawford, Associate Professor of English, University of Delaware.


Book Information
ISBN 9781474453141
Author Iain Crawford
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press