JULIE COLEMAN
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199557103
- eISBN:
- 9780191719882
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557103.003.0006
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Lexicography
This chapter looks at Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821), a leisurely and digressive dictionary which, despite its many flaws, was a phenomenal success. One of the dictionary's most popular features ...
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This chapter looks at Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821), a leisurely and digressive dictionary which, despite its many flaws, was a phenomenal success. One of the dictionary's most popular features was its inclusion of contemporary metropolitan slang terms, which caught on throughout the country at all levels of society. Egan was presented at court and allowed to dedicate the work to George IV when it was reissued in book form. Egan's dictionary contains 5,714 entries for 4,549 headwords, most of which are derived from the Lexicon Balatronicum (1811). However, Egan's dictionary contains significantly more citations and authorities than the Lexicon. Egan's work had an important influence on several later novelists such as Charles Dickens, not least in demonstrating how popular slang literature could be.Less
This chapter looks at Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821), a leisurely and digressive dictionary which, despite its many flaws, was a phenomenal success. One of the dictionary's most popular features was its inclusion of contemporary metropolitan slang terms, which caught on throughout the country at all levels of society. Egan was presented at court and allowed to dedicate the work to George IV when it was reissued in book form. Egan's dictionary contains 5,714 entries for 4,549 headwords, most of which are derived from the Lexicon Balatronicum (1811). However, Egan's dictionary contains significantly more citations and authorities than the Lexicon. Egan's work had an important influence on several later novelists such as Charles Dickens, not least in demonstrating how popular slang literature could be.
Michal Oron
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781904113034
- eISBN:
- 9781800343290
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781904113034.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
The enigmatic kabbalist Samuel Falk, known as the Ba'al Shem of London, has piqued the curiosity of scholars for generations. Eighteenth-century London was fascinated by Jews, and as a miracle-worker ...
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The enigmatic kabbalist Samuel Falk, known as the Ba'al Shem of London, has piqued the curiosity of scholars for generations. Eighteenth-century London was fascinated by Jews, and as a miracle-worker and adventurer, well connected and well read, Falk had much to offer. Interest in the man was further aroused by rumours of his dealings with European aristocrats and other famous characters, as well as with scholars, Freemasons, and Shabbateans, but evidence was scanty. This book now brings together all the known source material on the man, and detailed annotations of his diary and that of his assistant provide rich insights into his activities over several years. We learn of his meetings and his travels; his finances; his disputes, his dreams, and his remedies; and lists of his books. We see London's social life and commerce, its landed gentry and its prisons, and what people ate, wore, and possessed. The burgeoning Jewish community of London and its religious practices, as well as its communal divisiveness, is depicted especially colourfully. The scholarly introductions and the informative appendices help contextualize the diaries and offer an intriguing glimpse of Jewish involvement in little-known aspects of London life at the threshold of the modern era.Less
The enigmatic kabbalist Samuel Falk, known as the Ba'al Shem of London, has piqued the curiosity of scholars for generations. Eighteenth-century London was fascinated by Jews, and as a miracle-worker and adventurer, well connected and well read, Falk had much to offer. Interest in the man was further aroused by rumours of his dealings with European aristocrats and other famous characters, as well as with scholars, Freemasons, and Shabbateans, but evidence was scanty. This book now brings together all the known source material on the man, and detailed annotations of his diary and that of his assistant provide rich insights into his activities over several years. We learn of his meetings and his travels; his finances; his disputes, his dreams, and his remedies; and lists of his books. We see London's social life and commerce, its landed gentry and its prisons, and what people ate, wore, and possessed. The burgeoning Jewish community of London and its religious practices, as well as its communal divisiveness, is depicted especially colourfully. The scholarly introductions and the informative appendices help contextualize the diaries and offer an intriguing glimpse of Jewish involvement in little-known aspects of London life at the threshold of the modern era.
Peter Hall
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861349842
- eISBN:
- 9781447302711
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861349842.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This introductory chapter believes that London is a unique city. It is unique not only because it spreads at relatively low densities but it has also achieved a new uniqueness. It is achieving a new ...
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This introductory chapter believes that London is a unique city. It is unique not only because it spreads at relatively low densities but it has also achieved a new uniqueness. It is achieving a new sense of growth, as migrants from all over the world are trying to find their roots in London. The multiculturalism of the city makes London a unique city comparable to New York and Los Angeles. This book discusses the uniqueness of London through the perspective of London voices of various races and cultures. It presents thoughts and views of over a hundred Londoners on the issues of life and labour in 2000. The research and the researchers interviewed the Londoners about their lives and their reaction to life in London. Their reflections make up a unique record of what a cross-section of Londoners felt about their lives and the lives of people around them. In this book, places with distinct economic and social characteristics, resulting from different historical trajectories over the second half of the twentieth century, form the focus of the discussion. Part Two of the book discusses the distinct feel and character, including the evolution, social and economic features of each estate. Part Three discusses the common themes and differences in the experiences of the Londoners. The last Part extracts from the interviews the views of Londoners on policy and political issues that shape their lives; the problems London faces as a city and some of the possible answers.Less
This introductory chapter believes that London is a unique city. It is unique not only because it spreads at relatively low densities but it has also achieved a new uniqueness. It is achieving a new sense of growth, as migrants from all over the world are trying to find their roots in London. The multiculturalism of the city makes London a unique city comparable to New York and Los Angeles. This book discusses the uniqueness of London through the perspective of London voices of various races and cultures. It presents thoughts and views of over a hundred Londoners on the issues of life and labour in 2000. The research and the researchers interviewed the Londoners about their lives and their reaction to life in London. Their reflections make up a unique record of what a cross-section of Londoners felt about their lives and the lives of people around them. In this book, places with distinct economic and social characteristics, resulting from different historical trajectories over the second half of the twentieth century, form the focus of the discussion. Part Two of the book discusses the distinct feel and character, including the evolution, social and economic features of each estate. Part Three discusses the common themes and differences in the experiences of the Londoners. The last Part extracts from the interviews the views of Londoners on policy and political issues that shape their lives; the problems London faces as a city and some of the possible answers.
Jonathan Hicks
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780226595962
- eISBN:
- 9780226596150
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226596150.003.0006
- Subject:
- Music, Opera
The early London reception of Mozart’s Don Giovanni (which received its British premiere in 1817) coincided with the brief but phenomenal success of Tom and Jerry (the protagonists of Pierce Egan’s ...
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The early London reception of Mozart’s Don Giovanni (which received its British premiere in 1817) coincided with the brief but phenomenal success of Tom and Jerry (the protagonists of Pierce Egan’s Life in London, first serialised in 1820). By examining both Egan’s urban picaresque and a stage adaptation by William Thomas Moncrieff (who had previously burlesqued Don Giovanni) this chapter reveals the ways in which supposedly realistic representations of contemporary London drew on the character, habits, and music of Mozart’s antihero. In particular, it emphasises a shared obsession with youthful masculine vigour and with getting around town in search of fashion and fun. The journeys of Tom and Jerry and Don Giovanni were integral, it is argued, to their identities and, for a time, all three were fellow theatrical travellers. Yet, even before the end of the 1820s, the canonisation of Mozart’s opera was beginning to extract Giovanni from the Cockney context of Egan’s creation. Their brief conjunction provides an opportunity to understand better how the operatic geographies of 1820s London stand as monuments to an impossible city, one in which the pursuit of pleasure knew few bounds and the last word in realism was a masquerade ball.Less
The early London reception of Mozart’s Don Giovanni (which received its British premiere in 1817) coincided with the brief but phenomenal success of Tom and Jerry (the protagonists of Pierce Egan’s Life in London, first serialised in 1820). By examining both Egan’s urban picaresque and a stage adaptation by William Thomas Moncrieff (who had previously burlesqued Don Giovanni) this chapter reveals the ways in which supposedly realistic representations of contemporary London drew on the character, habits, and music of Mozart’s antihero. In particular, it emphasises a shared obsession with youthful masculine vigour and with getting around town in search of fashion and fun. The journeys of Tom and Jerry and Don Giovanni were integral, it is argued, to their identities and, for a time, all three were fellow theatrical travellers. Yet, even before the end of the 1820s, the canonisation of Mozart’s opera was beginning to extract Giovanni from the Cockney context of Egan’s creation. Their brief conjunction provides an opportunity to understand better how the operatic geographies of 1820s London stand as monuments to an impossible city, one in which the pursuit of pleasure knew few bounds and the last word in realism was a masquerade ball.
Peter Hall
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861349842
- eISBN:
- 9781447302711
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861349842.003.0016
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This final chapter brings together the book' conclusions. It discusses what all these London lives have in common, and then how they significantly differ from one area of London to another. It ...
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This final chapter brings together the book' conclusions. It discusses what all these London lives have in common, and then how they significantly differ from one area of London to another. It reviews the important themes in the book such as making ends meet; shelter and finding a place; transportation; social relationships, friends and neighbours; personal security and crime; racism and changing the world.Less
This final chapter brings together the book' conclusions. It discusses what all these London lives have in common, and then how they significantly differ from one area of London to another. It reviews the important themes in the book such as making ends meet; shelter and finding a place; transportation; social relationships, friends and neighbours; personal security and crime; racism and changing the world.
Jean H. Baker
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- December 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190696450
- eISBN:
- 9780190051402
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190696450.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century, Cultural History
Chapter 1 covers Latrobe’s early life from his birth in 1764 in a Moravian community, his rebellion against the church, and his expulsion from a seminary in Barby, Germany. It describes his thirteen ...
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Chapter 1 covers Latrobe’s early life from his birth in 1764 in a Moravian community, his rebellion against the church, and his expulsion from a seminary in Barby, Germany. It describes his thirteen years in London where he studied architecture and engineering and set up his own practice. Latrobe achieved success as an architect in London, but amid the successes there were disturbing signs of his inability to manage his financial affairs, especially when the city experienced an economic downturn. He continually complained that his Moravian background had sheltered him from negotiating the realities of finance. The chapter also describes his marriage and the devastating death of his wife and third child. Suffering from this loss and forced into bankruptcy, Latrobe made the decision to emigrate to the United States.Less
Chapter 1 covers Latrobe’s early life from his birth in 1764 in a Moravian community, his rebellion against the church, and his expulsion from a seminary in Barby, Germany. It describes his thirteen years in London where he studied architecture and engineering and set up his own practice. Latrobe achieved success as an architect in London, but amid the successes there were disturbing signs of his inability to manage his financial affairs, especially when the city experienced an economic downturn. He continually complained that his Moravian background had sheltered him from negotiating the realities of finance. The chapter also describes his marriage and the devastating death of his wife and third child. Suffering from this loss and forced into bankruptcy, Latrobe made the decision to emigrate to the United States.
