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Spy Figure in British Radical Literature, 1790–1804
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Sincerity and Coded Language
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 569 kr
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The book argues that literary authors who had initially supported the ideals of the French Revolution, became more coded and elliptical in their writing as a response to surveillance and repression in Britain in the 1790s. It shows that authors appropriated the tools of invisible state surveillance by using coded modes and methods, including pseudonymity, elision, satire, irony, innuendo, allegory and self-censorship, amongst others. These strategies were often used performatively to mock the spy figure and interrogate the encroaching culture of secrecy, silencing and suspicion; but also, as a precautionary measure to protect writers from laws against sedition and treason. Applying surveillance theory, the book provides accessible and illuminating readings of literary works by William Godwin, John Thelwall, Mary Robinson, Robert Bage, and William Blake.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2026-09-30
- Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieEdinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism
- Antal sidor192
- FörlagEdinburgh University Press
- ISBN9781399529259
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