Newgate in Revolution
An Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2005
232 pages
978-1-4411-7553-3 (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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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-7553-3 (9781441175533)
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Michael Davis | Iain McCalman | Christina Parolin
Newgate in Revolution
An Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution
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11/2005
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€271.10
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Persons
Michael Davis, Lecturer in Humanities, University of Tasmania. Iain McCalman is Professor and Director of the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Rules
- 'Patriots in Prison': Newgate Radicalism in the Age of Revolution
- 1. The Jockey Club
- or a Sketch of the Manners of the Age (1792)
- 2. An Address to the Hon. Edmund Burke from the Swinish Multitude (1793)
- 3. An Essay on the Nair System of Gallantry and Inheritance
- Shewing its Superiority Over Marriage, as Insuring an Indubitable Genuinness Ov Birth, and Being More Favorable tu Population, The Rights ov Women, and the Active Disposition ov Men (c. 1794)
- 4. Impositions and Abuses in the Management of the Jail of Newgate
- Pointed Out and exposed, in a Letter Addressed to the late Grand Juries of the City of London and County of Middlesex (1794)
- 5. The Diary of Thomas Lloyd kept in Newgate prison 1794-96
- 6. Oppression!!! The Appeal of Captain Perry to the People of England ... To which is Added a Development of Some of the Mysteries of the Spy Trade ... (1795)
- 7. The Case of William Hodgson, Now Confined in Newgate, for the Payment of Two Hundred Pounds, After Having Suffered Two Years' Imprisonment on a Charge of Sedition, Considered and Compared with the Existing Laws of the Country (1796)
- 8. 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 (1796)
- 9. Extortions and Abuses of Newgate
- Exhibited in a Memorial and Explanation, presented to the Lord Mayor (1813)
- 10. A Dramatic Poem (1817)
- Index
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