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Michael Faraday's mental exercises : an artisan essay-circle in Regency London /

In 1818 Michael Faraday and a handful of other London artisans formed a self-help group with the aim of teaching themselves to write like gentlemen. For a year and a half Faraday's essay-circle met regularly to read aloud and criticise one another's writings. The 'Mental Exercises...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jenkins, Alice, 1970- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2008.
Colección:Liverpool English texts and studies ; 51.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In 1818 Michael Faraday and a handful of other London artisans formed a self-help group with the aim of teaching themselves to write like gentlemen. For a year and a half Faraday's essay-circle met regularly to read aloud and criticise one another's writings. The 'Mental Exercises' they produced are a record of the life, literary tastes and social and political ideas of Dissenting artisans in Regency London. This book is the first to publish the essays and poems produced by Faraday's circle. The complete corpus of the essay-circle's writings is accompanied by detailed annotations, extracts from key sources and a full-length introduction explaining the biographical, historical and literary context of the group.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 250 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781846313554
1846313554
9781781387658
1781387656