The Rise of Victorian Caricature

by Ian Haywood

Book Overview

This book serves as a retrieval and reevaluation of a rich haul of comic caricatures from the turbulent years between the Reform Bill crisis of the early 1830s and the rise and fall of Chartism in the 1840s. With a telling selection of illustrations, this book deploys the techniques of close reading and political contextualization to demonstrate the aesthetic and ideological clout of a neglected tranche of satirical prints and periodicals dismissed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030346617
• ISBN13: 9783030346614
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"