Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. 18027 The Intellectual Ascendancy of Whiggism; 2. 180710 The Revival of Liberty; 3. 181620 The Liberty of the Press and Literary Language for the People; 4. 181624 The New Criticism; 5. 18213 Historical Retrospective of the Edinburgh Review; 6. 182430 Whiggism and Liberalism; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary
The premise of Chittick's study is that the national discourse found in British periodical literature of 1802-30 is crucial to an understanding of the literary language of the era
