Poetry and Popular Protest [electronic resource] : Peterloo, Cato Street and the Queen Caroline Controversy /
Gardner, J.author.
This book provides provocative information on poetry written in response to the most revolutionary set of events seen in Britain since the 1640s: 'Peterloo', a peaceful protest that became a massacre; 'Cato Street', a government scripted rebellion; and the 'Queen Caroline Controversy', when the estranged wife of George IV tried to claim her crown.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Peterloo -- pt. 2. The Cato Street conspiracy -- pt. 3. The Queen Caroline controversy.
This book provides provocative information on poetry written in response to the most revolutionary set of events seen in Britain since the 1640s: 'Peterloo', a peaceful protest that became a massacre; 'Cato Street', a government scripted rebellion; and the 'Queen Caroline Controversy', when the estranged wife of George IV tried to claim her crown.
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Poetry.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
British literature.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
Literature, Modern.
Poetry and Poetics.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.