Imprison'd Wranglers

by Christopher Reid

Although the later eighteenth century has long been regarded as parliamentary oratory's golden age, its speaking history remains to a large extent unexplored. Imprison'd Wranglers looks in detail at the making of a rhetorical culture inside and outside of the House of Commons during this eventful period, a time when Parliament consolidated its authority as a national institution and gained a new kind of prominence in the public eye. Drawing on a wide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199581096
• ISBN13: 9780199581092
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"