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Hunger and Famine in the Long Nineteenth Century: King Starvation Reigns Supreme: The Hungry Forties (1839-1850): 2 (Routledge Historical Resources) - Hardcover

 
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Synopsis

The Hungry Forties and the Great Famine, with their horrifying monikers, deserve a section just for the many voices engaged in political, humanitarian, and social venues in juxtaposition to the voices of the starving. This volume shows how rhetoric itself experiences a crisis of representation in the face of such dramatic, tragic events: how does a culture deal with its own chosen guilty and irrational psychological motives for casting a blind eye to famine within its own borders?

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About the Author

Gail Turley Houston, Professor, British and Irish Literary Studies, University of New Mexico, USA

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