Rural Rides

Informationen zum Autor William Cobbett (1763-1835) spent his youth as a farm worker and gardener. He lived in revolutionary France and Philadelphia where, as 'Peter Porcupine', he rose to fame as a pro-British and anti-Jacobin journalist. Later, back in England, he became a Radical and promoted the cause of reform in politics and agriculture. Ian Dyck is Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. He is the author of 'William Cobbett and Rural Popular Culture' (CUP, 1992). Klappentext Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate descriptions of the countryside, colourful accounts of his encounters with labourers, and indignant outbursts at the encroaching cities and the sufferings of the exploited poor. Ian Dyck's new edition places these lively accounts of rural life in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs and reveals the volume as his platform for rural radical reform. Zusammenfassung William Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and outbursts at the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor. Ian Dyck places these accounts in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs.

Product details

• Authors: William Cobbett, Ian Dyck
• Assisted by: Ian Dyck (Introduction), Dyck Ian (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.2001
• EAN: 9780140435795
• ISBN: 978-0-14-043579-5
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; England, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, The countryside, country life: general interest, Social and cultural history, The countryside, country life, Classic Travel Writing