Sally Holloway. The Game of Love in Georgian England: Courtship, Emotions, and Material Culture. Emotions in History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. 256. $74.00 (cloth).

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-153
Author(s):  
Patricia Meyer Spacks
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Georgian England ◽  
Oxford University Press

Rethinking Institutions in Late Georgian England

Utilitas ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Roy Porter
Keyword(s):  
Oxford University ◽  
Georgian England ◽  
Oxford University Press

It is a great privilege to have been invited to speak on this occasion. I shall not talk about Janet Semple's life, since I did not know Janet Semple well. I first came across her work when the Oxford University Press sent me a copy of her Ph.D. thesis, asking for my opinion as to its publishability. I groaned—yet another study of the panopticon! I opened it, started reading—and read it straight through. It was so clear, insightful, powerful in its interpretation and beautifully written. I am delighted to see that it has appeared as Bentham's Prison. I was, at a later stage, equally pleased to be involved in persuading Janet to publish some of her research on Bentham's medical and health interests. I shall not try to evaluate her work today. I think I might best honour her by trying to reflect upon some of the wider issues that surround Bentham's concerns with prisons and hospitals—issues raised by her work.

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