Newgate in Revolution
An Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution
Published on 1. November 2005
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-8264-7532-9 (ISBN)
Description
Newgate in Revolution provides a useful and thought-provoking anthology of radical literature - satirical, philosophical and political writings - issued by the radicals and religious dissenters imprisoned in Newgate during the turbulent and nervous period 1780-1848.
Newgate was a dreaded prison during this period and its image and reputation coupled to make it the English equivalent of the French Bastille. For those who found themselves incarcerated in Newgate the experience was debilitating and repressive. However, in the case of the radical prisoners it is a curious irony that this repressive environment actually encouraged a fraternal spirit and fertilised a rich production of ideas and literature, which today offers a rare insight into this unique and fascinating culture. Newgate in Revolution reproduces a representative selection of the radical literature published from Newgate, including the first edited version of the prison diary of Thomas Lloyd.
Newgate was a dreaded prison during this period and its image and reputation coupled to make it the English equivalent of the French Bastille. For those who found themselves incarcerated in Newgate the experience was debilitating and repressive. However, in the case of the radical prisoners it is a curious irony that this repressive environment actually encouraged a fraternal spirit and fertilised a rich production of ideas and literature, which today offers a rare insight into this unique and fascinating culture. Newgate in Revolution reproduces a representative selection of the radical literature published from Newgate, including the first edited version of the prison diary of Thomas Lloyd.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
514 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-7532-9 (9780826475329)
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Additional editions
Michael Davis | Iain McCalman | Christina Parolin
Newgate in Revolution
An Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution
E-Book
11/2005
1st Edition
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€222.99
Available for download
Persons
Michael Davis is Research Fellow in History at The University of Queensland. Iain McCalman is Professor at the Australian National University in Canberra and is President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Content
Introduction; 1. Charles Pigott, The Jockey Club; or a Sketch of the Manners of the Age; 2. [James Parkinson], Old Hubert, pseud., An Address to the Hon. Edmund Burke from the Swinish Multitude (London, 1793; 3. James Henry Lawrence, An Essay on the Nair System of Gallantry and Inheritance; 4. Thomas Lloyd, Impositions and Abuses in the Management of the Jail of Newgate; 5. The Diary of Thomas Lloyd kept in Newgate prison 1794-96; 6. Sampson Perry, Oppressionill The Appeal of Captain Perry, (Late Editor of the Argus), to the People of England; 7. William Hodgson, The Case of William Hodgson, Now Confined in Newgate, for the Payment of Two Hundred Pounds...; 8. William Hodgson, Proposals for Publishing by Subscription, a Treatise Called the Female Citizen, or a Historical, Political and Philosophical Enquiry into the Rights of Women, as Members of Society; 9. Daniel Isaac Eaton, Extortions and Abuses of Newgate; Exhibited in a Memorial and Explanation to the Lord Mayor; 10. Robert Southey, Wat Tyler; a Dramatic Poem; Index.