the self and the social in nineteenth-century England /
First Statement of Responsibility
Patrick Joyce.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 242 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Includes index.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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pt. I. The sorrows of Edwin Waugh: a study in 'working-class' identity -- pt. II. John Bright and the English people: a study in 'middle-class' identity -- pt. III. Democratic romances: narrative as collective identity in nineteenth-century England.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Class is seen to have been less significant than the various shapes of demos, and the two studies of individuals are complemented by a further study on narrative in pointing to the great importance of the collective subjects upon which democracy rested.
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The book indicates the way forward to a new history of democracy as an imagined entity. It represents a deepening of Patrick Joyce's engagement with 'post-modernist' theory, seeking the relevance of this theory for the writing of history, and in the process offering a critique of the conservatism of much academic history, particularly in Britain.
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This history is the story of two men, and of the stories they and others told in order that it might be known who they were. It is a history of identity, 'the self' and social identity, and the realm of 'the social' itself in which identity is located. It explores critically the nature of class identity by looking at the formation and influence of two men who might be taken as representative of what 'working class' and 'middle class' meant in England in the nineteenth century.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bright, John,1811-1889.
Waugh, Edwin,1817-1890.
Bright, John,1811-1899.
Waugh, Edwin,1817-1890.
Bright, John,1811-1889.
Waugh, Edwin,1817-1890.
Bright, John (Politiker)
Bright, John, 1811-1889
Bright, John,1811-1889.
Bright, John,1811-1889.
Bright, John.
Waugh, Edwin, 1817-1890
Waugh, Edwin,1817-1890.
Waugh, Edwin,1817-1890.
Waugh, Edwin.
Waugh, Edwin.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Democracy-- England-- History-- 19th century.
Identity (Psychology)
Narration (Rhetoric)-- History-- 19th century.
National characteristics, English.
Poets, English-- 19th century, Biography.
Self.
Social classes-- England-- History-- 19th century.
Statesmen-- Great Britain, Biography.
Anglais.
Classes sociales-- Angleterre-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
Démocratie-- Angleterre-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
Hommes d'État-- Grande-Bretagne, Biographies.
Identité (Psychologie)
Moi (Psychologie)
Narration.
Poètes anglais-- 19e siècle, Biographies.
15.70 history of Europe.
Caractère national anglais.
Classes sociales-- Grande-Bretagne-- 19e siècle.
Democracy-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Democracy.
Démocratie-- Grande-Bretagne-- 19e siècle.
Geschichte 1847-1900.
Identity (Psychology)
Klassenbewusstsein
Klassenbewustzijn.
Manners and customs.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Narration (Rhetoric)
National characteristics, English.
Poets, English.
Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.