Publications

Authors:

Nicolini, M

Title:

“Avenging the Nation”. Freedom of the Press and Constitutional Deliverance in Trollope’s Palliser Novels

Year:

2024

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

POLEMOS

ISSN of journal:

2036-4601

N° Volume:

18

Number or Folder:

1

Page numbers:

41-63

Keyword:

Anthony Trollope; Palliser Novels; Victorian Constitution; Anglicanism; English Body Politic; Deliverance

Short description of contents:

This essay examines the notion of constitutional deliverance within the Victorian settlement. The expression points to the way constitutional arrangements react to threats that may disrupt the politico-legal order. Rooted in constitutional morality, it entails executing justice, restoring order, and protecting individuals’ rights and freedoms. To this end, it analyses Phineas Finn, Phineas Redux, and The Prime Minister, i.e. three of the six Anthony Trollope’s Palliser Novels, and explores whether the freedom of the press executed constitutional deliverance in the Victorian era. The essay will focus on Mr Quintus Slide, the editor of the People’s Banner, whose acts of moralisation seem to fit into the (political and biblical) notion of deliverance. The article argues that Slide used the press not to deliver the Nation, but to avenge his own interests. In so doing, he contradicted the idea of constitutional deliverance as embedded in Parliament, where the anointed Monarch summons His body politic to execute justice and protect it.

Web page:

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pol-2024-2002/html

Product ID:

139439

Handle IRIS:

11562/1125806

Last Modified:

May 7, 2024

Bibliographic citation:

Nicolini, M, “Avenging the Nation”. Freedom of the Press and Constitutional Deliverance in Trollope’s Palliser Novels «POLEMOS» , vol. 18 , n. 1 , 2024 , pp. 41-63

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