Wordsworth's vagrants: police, prisons, and poetry in the 1790s
Auteur :
Bailey, Quentin
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781409427056
Date de publication :
28 sept. 2011
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
590 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Explores the poet Wordsworth's treatment of the 'idle and disorderly' in the context of the penal laws of the 1790s, when the terror of the French Revolution caused a crackdown on the beggars and vagrants who roamed the English countryside.