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Michael Faraday's Mental Exercises: An Artisan Essay-Circle in Regency London
Alice . Ed(S): Jenkins
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Description for Michael Faraday's Mental Exercises: An Artisan Essay-Circle in Regency London
hardcover. In 1818 London artisans formed a self-help group with the aim of teaching themselves to write like gentlemen. For a year and a half the essay-circle met to read aloud and criticise one another's writings. The "Mental Exercises" they produced are a record of the life and social ideas of artisans in Regency London. Editor(s): Jenkins, Alice. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 551.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Liverpool English Texts and Studies
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846311406
SKU
V9781846311406
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Ref
99-6
About Alice . Ed(S): Jenkins
Alice Jenkins is Senior Lectuer in English at the University of Glasgow and Chair of the British Society for Literature and Science.
Reviews for Michael Faraday's Mental Exercises: An Artisan Essay-Circle in Regency London
Jenkins has done an admirable job transcribing these materials and providing supporting scholarly work. Jenkins's book thus not only serves as a window into Faraday's efforts at self-improvement, but also sheds light on a cultural phenomenon among tradesmen in Regency London and illuminates their relation to other, more public, efforts at education. The book will have wider use than ... Read more