The poetry of class : romantic anti-capitalism and the invention of the proletariat

Zusammenfassung: "In the early 19th century, a new social collective emerged out of impoverished artisans, urban rabble, wandering rural lower classes, bankrupt aristocrats and precarious intellectuals, one that would soon be called the proletariat. But this did not yet exist as a unified, homogeneous class with affiliated political parties. The motley appearance, the dreams and longings of these figures, torn from all economic certainties, found new forms of narration in romantic novellas, reportages, social-statistical studies, and monthly bulletins. But soon enough, these disorderly, violent, nostalgic, errant, and utopian figures were denigrated as reactionary and anarchic by the heads of the labour movement, since they did not fit into their grand linear vision of progress. This book tells their story, and in so doing, reveals a striking similarity to the disorderly classes of today"--(Provided by publisher.)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Die Poesie der Klasse
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9789004685451 ; 9004685456
• Dimensions: 25 cm
• Extent: XI, 303 Seiten
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Historical materialism ; volume 305

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Geschichte 1815-1848 ; Deutsch ; Literatur ; Vormärz ; Antikapitalismus

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Leiden, Boston
• (who): Brill
• (when): [2023]
• Creator: Eiden-Offe, Patrick
• Contributor: Blumenfeld, Jacob

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/1314069667/04
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• Last update: 11.06.2025, 1:48 PM CEST