204 Pages
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Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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Jeremiah Joyce was one of the accused in the famous Treason Trials of 1794 which marked the suppression of radical agitation in Britain for the ensuing twenty years. He was a political radical who imbibed the traditions of the 'commonwealthman' and actively campaigned for a more democratic and representative state. Through the early 1790s he acted as the metropolitan political agent for his patron... Read more
Contents: Foreword; Cast of principal characters. Part 1 Joyce the Political Radical: Early life in Cheshunt; Apprentice painter of glass in Georgian London; Hackney College - radicalism and dissent; Metropolitan political agent; Political notoriety and the charge of treason; Release and reception. Part 2 Joyce the Unitarian Dissenter: Politics and education; Life and death 1795-1816; Joyce in the Unitarian world; Respectable sermons. Part 3 Joyce the Science Writer: Patronage, education and writing; A literary apprenticeship; Learning to present science: publishing with Joseph Johnson; Publishing with Sir Richard Phillips; Publishing with the house of Longmans; Publishing with Sherwood Neely and C.J. Barrington; Overview of Joyce‘s works. Conclusion; References; Notes by chapter; List of Joyce‘s published works; Index.
Biography
John Issitt is based at the University of York, UK.
