Description
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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements -- General Introduction -- Bibliography -- Chronology -- Ode to Science. Recited at the Anniversary Meeting of the Philomathian Society (1791) -- An Essay towards a Defi nition of Animal Vitality (1793) -- King Chaunticlere; or, the Fate of Tyranny (1793) -- Political Lectures (1794) -- Fraternity and Unanimity (1795) -- John Gilpin’s Ghost (1795) -- Prospectus of a Course of Lectures (1796) -- An Appeal to Popular Opinion (1796) -- Editorial Notes.
