The English ideology is parliamentary. In this study, which first appeared in 1973, George Watson shows how literary evidence, much of it fictional, can illuminate the life of a great institution like the British parliament. The book contains chapters on political oratory and the parliamentary novel that uniquely Victorian form which Disraeli created and in which Trollope excelled. It is the first comprehensive attempt to use literary evidence to expose the politics of a whole age. It expounds nineteenth century controversies over democracy, class, race, morality and empire a study of political language in the era when modern politics was born.
- ISBN10 0718891562
- ISBN13 9780718891565
- Publish Date 25 March 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lutterworth Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English