Thomas Hood and Nineteenth-Century Poetry: Work, Play, and Politics

By Sara Lodge

Book Overview

This, the first modern critical study of a lyricist, humorist and social protest poet who was a household name throughout the Victorian period, explores the relationship between Thomas Hood's playfulness, his liberal politics, and contemporary cultural debate about labour and recreation, literary materiality and urban consumption.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719087872
• ISBN13: 9780719087875
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"