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Newgate in Revolution : an Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution.

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 du...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Michael
Otros Autores: McCalman, Iain, Parolin, Christina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.