‘Booked for Passage’ on Cobbett’s Rural Rides: Ecology as Revolution

Abstract

Careful analysis of Cobbett’s most popular and influential work, demonstrating how Cobbett uses the structuring principle of the ride as a means of exposing political ills and promoting a platform of radical reform. Looks at specific language in detail and compares Cobbett’s works with those of other reformers to expose his unique assessment of the problems with English society and its political system.