Description
The English ideology is parliamentary. In this study, which first appeared in 1973, George Watson shows how literary evidence, much of it fictional, can illuminate the life of a great institution like the British parliament. The book contains chapters on political oratory and the parliamentary novel that uniquely Victorian form which Disraeli created and in which Trollope excelled. It is the first comprehensive attempt to use literary evidence to expose the politics of a whole age. It expounds nineteenth century controversies over democracy, class, race, morality and empire a study of political language in the era when modern politics was born.
The English ideology is parliamentary. In this study, which first appeared in 1973, George Watson shows how literary evidence, much of it fictional, can illuminate the life of a great institution like the British parliament. The book contains chapters on political oratory and the parliamentary novel n that uniquely Victorian form n which Disraeli created and in which Trollope excelled. It is the first comprehensive attempt to use literary evidence to expose the politics of a whole age. It expounds nineteenth century controversies over democracy, class, race, morality and empire n a study of political language in the era when modern politics was born.
About the Author
George Watson is a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, author of The Literary Critics and general editor of the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. His study of the Tory and genocidal traditions of European socialism, The Lost Literature of Socialism, and Never Ones for Theory, on the English tradition of critical theory, are published by the Lutterworth Press.
Reviews
"A tour de force, vigorously argued, and provocative in the best spirit of the sources." - Stephen Koss, New York Historian "George Watson is well known for his distinctive and stimulating views, and The English Ideology sees him at his best." -Prof Peter Clarke, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Book Information
ISBN 9780718891565
Author George Watson
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Lutterworth Press
Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd
Weight(grams) 358g
The English ideology is parliamentary. In this study, which first appeared in 1973, George Watson shows how literary evidence, much of it fictional, can illuminate the life of a great institution like the British parliament. The book contains chapters on political oratory and the parliamentary novel n that uniquely Victorian form n which Disraeli created and in which Trollope excelled. It is the first comprehensive attempt to use literary evidence to expose the politics of a whole age. It expounds nineteenth century controversies over democracy, class, race, morality and empire n a study of political language in the era when modern politics was born.
About the Author
George Watson is a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, author of The Literary Critics and general editor of the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. His study of the Tory and genocidal traditions of European socialism, The Lost Literature of Socialism, and Never Ones for Theory, on the English tradition of critical theory, are published by the Lutterworth Press.
Reviews
"A tour de force, vigorously argued, and provocative in the best spirit of the sources." - Stephen Koss, New York Historian "George Watson is well known for his distinctive and stimulating views, and The English Ideology sees him at his best." -Prof Peter Clarke, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Book Information
ISBN 9780718891565
Author George Watson
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Lutterworth Press
Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd
Weight(grams) 358g
