Selected Political Writings of John Thelwall Vol 3: Journalism and Selected Writings on Elocution and Oratory, 1797-1809

ISBN-13: 9781138757165 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 212 str.

Robert Lamb;Corinna Wagner

Opis

John Thelwall was London Corresponding Society's most prominent orators and was tried for high treason along with Thomas Hardy and John Horne Tooke in 1794. This edition brings together Thelwall's most important political writing ranging from scientific pamphlets and writings on the art of elocution, to political philosophy and journalism.

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‘The Phenomena of the Wye, During the Winter of 1797–8’, Monthly Magazine (1798) -- ‘A Pedestrian Excursion through Several Parts of England and Wales during the Summer of 1797’, Monthly Magazine (1799–1801) -- ‘Prefatory Memoir’, Monthly Magazine (1802) -- Elocution and Oratory: General Plan and Outline of Mr. Th elwall’s Course of Lectures (1803) -- ‘A Letter to Francis Jeff ray [sic], Esq., on Certain Calumnies and Misrepresentations’, Th e Edinburgh Review (1804) -- Mr Thelwall’s Reply (1804) -- Editorial Notes.