The literature of struggle
Subtitle: an anthology of Chartist fiction
By: [edited by] Ian Haywood.
Contributors: Haywood, Ian, 1958-
Publisher: Scolar Press; Ashgate Pub. Co.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Working class writings, English.; English fiction -- 19th century.; Protest literature, English.; Social conflict -- Fiction.; Labor movement -- Fiction.; Working class -- Fiction.; Chartism -- Fiction.; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Description: Chartism inspired a prodigious literary output, based on its own newspapers and journals. However, while some Chartist political writings have been reprinted, the aesthetic texts of the movement have largely been neglected. This selection of short stories and extracts from longer fiction aims to remedy this situation and covers a diversity of authors, genres and themes.

Ian Haywood has written a cogent and wide-ranging review of the Chartist movement and its literature as an introduction to this collection of little-known and revealing stories. The fiction is divided into the following areas: the condition of England, Ireland, revolution, women and Chartism itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-212).