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'The Deadly Poison of Democracy': Sir Frederic, Sir Gawain, and the Invention of Middle English

'The Deadly Poison of Democracy': Sir Frederic, Sir Gawain, and the Invention of Middle English David Matthews These three stories of chivalrous violence arose from a period of a few months in England in 1839.1 In that year, 'a rather ominous matter/ as T h o m a s Carlyle understatedly called it, seemed to threatened social order.2 In July, this 'matter'--the condition of the working class in E n g l a n d -- violently manifested itself in a clash between protesters and police in Binrtingham. The Gentleman's Magazine, that guardian of correct taste and genteel behaviour, recorded The daring and outrageous manner in which those deluded m e n calling themselves Chartists, have for s o m e time past conducted themselves at Birmingham, in breach of the peace and in defiance of the law' This essay has benefited at different stages from suggestions made by m y colleagues at the University of Newcastle, from discussions with Barbara Pertzel, and from the perceptive comments of Ruth Evans. M y grateful thanks to them all. 2 'Chartism', in Thomas Carlyle: Selected Writings, ed by Alan Shelst (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971), p. 151. P A R E R G O N ns 15.2 (January 1998) David Matthews and related that sixty London policemen http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Parergon Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

'The Deadly Poison of Democracy': Sir Frederic, Sir Gawain, and the Invention of Middle English

Matthews, David
Parergon , Volume 15 (2) – Apr 3, 1998
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David Matthews These three stories of chivalrous violence arose from a period of a few months in England in 1839.1 In that year, 'a rather ominous matter/ as T h o m a s Carlyle understatedly called it, seemed to threatened social order.2 In July, this 'matter'--the condition of the working class in E n g l a n d -- violently manifested itself in a clash between protesters and police in Binrtingham. The Gentleman's Magazine, that guardian of correct taste and genteel behaviour, recorded The daring and outrageous manner in which those deluded m e n calling themselves Chartists, have for s o m e time past conducted themselves at Birmingham, in breach of the peace and in defiance of the law' This essay has benefited at different stages from suggestions made by m y colleagues at the University of Newcastle, from discussions with Barbara Pertzel, and from the perceptive comments of Ruth Evans. M y grateful thanks to them all. 2 'Chartism', in Thomas Carlyle: Selected Writings, ed by Alan Shelst (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971), p. 151. P A R E R G O N ns 15.2 (January 1998) David Matthews and related that sixty London policemen

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Published: Apr 3, 1998

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