The Poetry of Class : : Romantic Anti-Capitalism and the Invention of the Proletariat / / Patrick Eiden-Offe ; translated by Jacob Blumenfeld.
"In the early 19th century, a new social collective emerged out of impoverished artisans, urban rabble, wandering rural lower classes, bankrupt aristocrats and precarious intellectuals, one that would soon be called the proletariat. But this did not yet exist as a unified, homogeneous class wit...
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Superior document: | Historical Materialism Book Series ; Volume 305 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | First edition. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Historical materialism book series ;
Volume 305. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
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Summary: | "In the early 19th century, a new social collective emerged out of impoverished artisans, urban rabble, wandering rural lower classes, bankrupt aristocrats and precarious intellectuals, one that would soon be called the proletariat. But this did not yet exist as a unified, homogeneous class with affiliated political parties. The motley appearance, the dreams and longings of these figures, torn from all economic certainties, found new forms of narration in romantic novellas, reportages, social-statistical studies, and monthly bulletins. But soon enough, these disorderly, violent, nostalgic, errant, and utopian figures were denigrated as reactionary and anarchic by the heads of the labour movement, since they did not fit into their grand linear vision of progress. This book tells their story, and in so doing, reveals a striking similarity to the disorderly classes of today"-- |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004685537 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Patrick Eiden-Offe ; translated by Jacob Blumenfeld. |