Kevin Gilmartin has written widely on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British literature, with a particular interest in the politics of print culture. He is Professor of English Literature at the California Institute of Technology and a regular visiting professor in English and the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York. He is the author of Print Politics: The Press and Radical Opposition in Early Nineteenth Century England (Cambridge, 1996) and Writing against Revolution: Literary Conservatism in Britain, 1790-1832 (Cambridge, 2007), and the co-editor with James Chandler of Romantic Metropolis: The Urban Scene of British Culture, 1780-1840 (Cambridge, 2005). His articles have appeared in edited collections and in such journals as Studies in Romanticism, ELH, Representations, and the Journal of British Studies.

• Introduction: Political Hazlitt ; 1. Radical Essayist ; 2. Radical Argument ; 3. Being Critical: History and Contradiction ; 4. Dissenting Memory ; 5. Representing Metropolitan Liberty ; Conclusion: Radical Politics and the Arts

Thoroughly researched and referenced, including well-reproduced illustrations, the book does credit to the author's academic mentor, the late Marilyn Butler, to whom the work is dedicated. It also provides a timely reminder of the possibilities of the political essay.

Kevin Gilmartin has written widely on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British literature, with a particular interest in the politics of print culture. He is Professor of English Literature at the California Institute of Technology and a regular visiting professor in English and the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York. He is the author of Print Politics: The Press and Radical Opposition in Early Nineteenth Century England (Cambridge, 1996) and Writing against Revolution: Literary Conservatism in Britain, 1790-1832 (Cambridge, 2007), and the co-editor with James Chandler of Romantic Metropolis: The Urban Scene of British Culture, 1780-1840 (Cambridge, 2005). His articles have appeared in edited collections and in such journals as Studies in Romanticism, ELH, Representations, and the Journal of British Studies.

• Introduction: Political Hazlitt ; 1. Radical Essayist ; 2. Radical Argument ; 3. Being Critical: History and Contradiction ; 4. Dissenting Memory ; 5. Representing Metropolitan Liberty ; Conclusion: Radical Politics and the Arts

Thoroughly researched and referenced, including well-reproduced illustrations, the book does credit to the author's academic mentor, the late Marilyn Butler, to whom the work is dedicated. It also provides a timely reminder of the possibilities of the political essay.

Kevin Gilmartin has written widely on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British literature, with a particular interest in the politics of print culture. He is Professor of English Literature at the California Institute of Technology and a regular visiting professor in English and the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York. He is the author of Print Politics: The Press and Radical Opposition in Early Nineteenth Century England (Cambridge, 1996) and Writing against Revolution: Literary Conservatism in Britain, 1790-1832 (Cambridge, 2007), and the co-editor with James Chandler of Romantic Metropolis: The Urban Scene of British Culture, 1780-1840 (Cambridge, 2005). His articles have appeared in edited collections and in such journals as Studies in Romanticism, ELH, Representations, and the Journal of British Studies.

• Introduction: Political Hazlitt ; 1. Radical Essayist ; 2. Radical Argument ; 3. Being Critical: History and Contradiction ; 4. Dissenting Memory ; 5. Representing Metropolitan Liberty ; Conclusion: Radical Politics and the Arts

Thoroughly researched and referenced, including well-reproduced illustrations, the book does credit to the author's academic mentor, the late Marilyn Butler, to whom the work is dedicated. It also provides a timely reminder of the possibilities of the political essay.