Date of Award
Spring 5-9-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Kelvin Black
Second Advisor
Dow Robbins
Academic Program Adviser
Amy Moorman Robbins
Abstract
“William Hazlitt: On the Silencing Effect of Public Opinion in Nineteenth-Century England” investigates the social interactions that fostered the circulation of misinformation. Hazlitt depicts how silencing portions of the population benefited those in power and how many within society were unknowingly compliant and in fact facilitating this manipulation of information.
Recommended Citation
Freeman, J M Tessa, "William Hazlitt: On the Silencing Effect of Public Opinion in Nineteenth-Century England" (2017). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/172