Wordsworth's vagrants : police, prisons, and poetry in the 1790s / Quentin Bailey.
| Author/creator | Bailey, Quentin, 1972- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011. |
| Description | xii, 217 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | British literature in context in the long eighteenth century British literature in context in the long eighteenth century. ^A1108416 |
| Contents | Prisoners, poetry, and the 'Jacobin creed' -- A 'rapid and alarming increase of crimes': law and order in eighteenth-century england -- 'Tyranny and implements of death': crimes, punishments, and the 'distracted times' of 1792-1795 -- A traveller upon the plain of sarum: sacrificial altars, penal reform, and the salisbury plain poems -- 'If good angels fail': government, lawlessness, and sympathy in the borderers -- 'Dangerous and suspicious trades': the pedlar, the board of police revenue, and the poetry of human suffering -- 'Have you any honest means of livelihood, and if so, what is it?': idle and disorderly persons in the 1798 lyrical ballads -- 'Laugh and be gay, to the woods away!': madness and the limits of poetic knowledge -- Peter Bell and 'the spirits of the mind'. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011015328 |
| ISBN | 9781409427056 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1409427056 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781409427063 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1409427064 (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR5892.S58 B35 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |