Jeremiah Joyce
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-35823-2 (ISBN)
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 the Earl of Stanhope and he liased between radical groups whilst also distributing radical literature including Tom Paine's Rights of Man. He was one of the very few artisans at the end of the eighteenth century adopted by the literary and scientific intelligentsia and was unique in training to become a Unitarian minister at the age of 23 after serving a seven-year trade apprenticeship and having worked as a journeyman. This work traces the legacies, traditions and visions of the English Enlightenment as they are expressed through Joyce's life and literary production. It explores the evolution of these traditions against the threatening background of the French revolution and the developing imperatives for education in general, and science education in particular. By tracing the linkages between political, educational, scientific and publishing cultures, it reflects on the issues of late eighteenth century patronage, the literary forms of popular science and the evolution of the metropolitan book trade. In so doing the book recovers the life of a hitherto much neglected science writer and political activist and contributes to the histories of politics, education, science and the developing discipline of book history.
John Issitt is based at the University of York, UK.
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.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.03.2022 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 240 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-35823-1 / 1138358231 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-35823-2 / 9781138358232 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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