Regency radical : selected writings of William Hone / edited by David A. Kent and D.R. Ewen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hone, William, 1780-1842.

Contributor:

Kent, David A., 1948-

Ewen, D. R., 1925-2018.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hone, William, 1780-1842--Correspondence.

Hone, William.

Hone, William, 1780-1842.

Radicalism--Great Britain--History--19th century--Sources.

Radicalism.

Journalists.

History.

Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820--Sources.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--George IV, 1820-1830--Sources.

Authors, English--19th century--Correspondence.

Authors, English.

Journalists--Great Britain--Correspondence.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Sources.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, [2003]

Summary:

The English satirist William Hone (1780-1842) became famous for his brilliant self-defense and acquittal when tried in 1817 for parodying parts of the Book of Common Prayer. His trial for "blasphemous libel" went on record as one of the most hilarious in English history, but Hone's reform-minded contemporaries, including Keats and Coleridge, viewed it as an important battle against a wave of government oppression. In this, the first comprehensive selection of Hone's writings, David A. Kent and D. R. Ewen seek to expand our understanding of this writer, political radical, publisher, and bookseller as a major figure in the reform movement of the Regency period. Illustrated with over sixty woodcuts by Hone's frequent collaborator, George Cruikshank, this book reveals the writer's commitment to such issues as parliamentary reform, religious liberty, reform of asylums, and freedom of the press, while conveying the many dimensions of his humane personality.

Regency Radical includes selections from Hone's early radical writings, miscellaneous prose volumes, and letters displaying his amiable wit and engaging intimacy. The trials of 1817 are reprinted for the first time in over a century, and the drama of Hone's legal battle with Lord Ellenborough, Chief Justice of England, remains gripping. Reprints of four of Hone's most successful satires, including The Political House that Jack Built, appear along with Cruikshank's woodcuts to re-create the look of the original publications. The volume features an introduction, a chronology of Hone's life, more than seventy illustrations, and a selected bibliography.

Contents:

Part 1 The Trials and Other Writings

The Bullet Te Deum with the Canticle of the Stone (1817) 37

From Hone's Reformists' Register (1817) 43

From The Three Trials of William Hone (1818) 63

From The First Trial 65

From The Second Trial 99

The Third Trial 132

Part 2 Satires

The Political House that Jack Built (1819) 191

The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder (1820) 215

"Non Mi Ricordo!" (1820) 237

The Political Showman

At Home! (1821) 249

Part 3 Prose

From The Every-Day Book (1825-26) 283

From The Table Book (1827) 319

From The Year Book (1832) 331

Part 4 Selected Letters of Hone

To John Hunt, 8 May 1817 345

To Francis Place, 26 June 1817 346

To Sir Samuel Shepherd, 23 November 1817 347

To William Upcott, 22 July 1818 348

To John Childs, 8 January 1819 348

To Matthew D. Hill, 1820 349

To John Childs, 11 December 1820 350

To Francis Place, 20 December 1820 351

To John Childs, 16 March 1821 352

To Mrs. Mary Cruikshank, 8 July 1822 353

To Mr. Rhodes, 4 January 1823 354

To Walter Wilson, 22 January 1823 355

To Francis Place, 6 October 1824 357

To James Montgomery, 12 April 1825 358

To Robert Childs, 5 October 1825 360

To John Childs, 24 April 1826 361

To Robert Southey, 23 April 1830 363

To Walter Wilson, 5 May 1830 364

To Francis Place, 23 September 1830 366

To Robert Southey, 25 November 1830 368

To Robert Childs, 4 June 1831 369

To Robert Childs, 13 June 1831 371

To Charles Sturgeon, 27 September 1831 374

To Charles Mott, 14 October 1831 375

To John Childs, 7 February 1832 376

To Matthew D. Hill, 29 March 1833 378

To Joseph Hone, 22 April 1834 380

To John Childs, 2-4 November 1839 382

To Alice Hone, 30 November 1840 384.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-462).

ISBN:

0814330606

OCLC:

49519113