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The Chartist Prisoners
Stephen Roberts
其他書名
The Radical Lives of Thomas Cooper (1805-1892) and Arthur O'Neill (1819-1896)
出版
Peter Lang
, 2008
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
History / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901)
History / Study & Teaching
History / Modern / General
History / Social History
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism
Religion / General
ISBN
3039113887
9783039113880
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=17jaSAzHw3gC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This book recovers the stories of two remarkable Victorian working men. Thomas Cooper and Arthur O'Neill were both imprisoned for seditious offences in 1843. The friendship they formed in Stafford Gaol lasted for fifty years. These two men wanted to be remembered as Chartist prisoners - but, talented and energetic, they also made their marks in other areas. Cooper was the author of a famous poem
, The Purgatory of Suicides
, and of novels; he knew well Thomas Carlyle and Charles Kingsley, and came into contact with Benjamin Disraeli and Charles Dickens. Later in life he became a lecturer in defence of Christianity. O'Neill worked with Joseph Sturge and Henry Richard for peace and international arbitration, attending a number of international peace conferences. An important contribution to Chartist studies, this book also examines in detail artisan literary activity, pacifism and Christian apologetics in Victorian Britain.