"More dangerous than a thousand torchlight meetings": Thomas Cooper's The Purgatory of Suicides and the Victorian Periodical Press.

The article examines the reception of The Purgatory of Suicides by Thomas Cooper in the Victorian press. Topics include Chartism, working-class literature, and periodical publishing, highlighting how Cooper's epic poem combined political activism with literary ambition, and comparing its reception i...

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Publicado en:Philological Quarterly Vol. 104; no. 3/4; pp. 347 - 369
Autor principal: SANDERS, MIKE
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Publicado: Department of English, University of Iowa Summer/Fall2025
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