{"product_id":"rhetoric-and-resistance-maeve-adams-9780821426463","title":"Rhetoric and Resistance: The Literary Arts of Dissent in Nineteenth-Century Britain","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maeve Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082142646X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821426463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Maeve Adams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072025575679,"sku":"9780821426463","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f185050a-6fb1-483c-9ab2-52f36ccee308.jpg?v=1753415591","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rhetoric-and-resistance-maeve-adams-9780821426463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}