{"product_id":"rhetoric-and-resistance-the-literary-arts-of-dissent-in-nineteenth-century-britain-hardcover-1","title":"Rhetoric and Resistance: The Literary Arts of Dissent in Nineteenth-Century Britain - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaeve Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh perspective on the enduring relationship between literature, democracy, and dissent \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhetoric and Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e explores the transformative role of nineteenth-century literature in shaping modern concepts and practices of democratic dissent. By examining the works of Romantic and Victorian novelists, poets, and journalists, Maeve Adams identifies origins of modern theories and practices of resistance in nineteenth-century literary forms. Offering a literary history of dissent, the book recovers the intertwined development of democracy and aesthetics, revealing how narrative form became a potent tool for challenging authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the lineage of dissent from the radical fiction and journalism of the 1800s to contemporary movements like #MeToo, Adams offers a genealogy that highlights how literary texts experimented with political power, granting new and consequential voices to working-class individuals, women, colonized peoples, and other marginalized groups. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdams takes an interdisciplinary approach, weaving together close readings of works by Thomas De Quincey, Walter Scott, Elizabeth Gaskell, and H. G. Wells, as well as lesser-known journalists, with insights from modern moral and political philosophy. Drawing on theories of democratic ethics and justice from scholars such as Miranda Fricker, Sharon Krause, Martha Nussbaum, and Philip Pettit, the book bridges literary history and contemporary debates about political agency and expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaeve Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of English at Lehman College, City University of New York. Her published work--addressing histories of literature, rhetoric, politics, and science--has appeared in \u003ci\u003eELH: English Literary History, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNineteenth-Century Contexts, \u003c\/i\u003eand several edited collections. She completed her PhD at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.13 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47572007813341,"sku":"9780821426463","price":172.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/RnNLrOfWxM9780821426463_ebe49f47-02b8-43b4-a277-45be332af9e3.webp?v=1773384957","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/rhetoric-and-resistance-the-literary-arts-of-dissent-in-nineteenth-century-britain-hardcover-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}