The English Ideology: Studies on the Language of Victorian Politics

by George Watson

Book Overview

The English ideology is parliamentary. In this study, which first appeared in 1973, George Watson shows how literary evidence, much of it fictional, can illuminate the life of a great institution like the British parliament. The book contains chapters onpolitical oratory and the parliamentary novel that uniquely Victorian form which Disraeli created and in which Trollope excelled. It is the first comprehensive attempt to use literary evidence to expose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718891562
• ISBN13: 9780718891565
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"