The Poetry of Ernest Jones : Myth, Song, and the 'Mighty Mind' Hardback
by Simon Rennie
Part of the Legenda series
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As the last leader of the Chartist movement, Ernest Charles Jones (1819-69) is a significant historical figure, but he is just as well-known for his political verse.
His prison-composed epic The New World lays claim to being the first poetic exploration of Marxist historical materialism, and his caustic short lyric ‘The Song of the Low’ appears in most modern anthologies of Victorian poetry.
Despite the prominence of Jones’s verse in Labour history circles, and several major inclusions in critical discussions of working-class Victorian literature, this volume represents the first full-length study of his poetry.
Through close analysis and careful contextualization, this work traces Jones’s poetic development from his early German and British Romantic influences through his radicalization, imprisonment, and years of leadership.
The poetry of this complex and controversial figure is here fully mapped for the first time.
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- Pages:226 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/05/2016
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- ISBN:9781909662902
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:226 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/05/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781909662902
