This innovative book draws together literature, law and economic and social history to investigate the meanings and uses of legitimacy in nineteenth-century Britain. This broad range of essays highlights the ways in which contested narratives and interested performances shaped the idea of legitimate authority during this period.
| ISBN: | 9780230576520 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2010 |
| Author: | Margot C Finn, Michael Lobban, Jenny Bourne Taylor |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 191 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Cultural studies Social and cultural history Literary theory |