Author: Francis BaconPublisher: Walter J. Johnson Incorporated
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Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Apophthegmes New and Old
Author: Francis BaconPublisher: Walter J. Johnson Incorporated
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Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Byron and the Discourses of History
Author: Carla PomarèPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317170326
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
In her study of the relationship between Byron’s lifelong interest in historical matters and the development of history as a discipline, Carla Pomarè focuses on drama (the Venetian plays, The Deformed Transformed), verse narrative (The Siege of Corinth, Mazeppa) and dramatic monologue (The Prophecy of Dante), calling attention to their interaction with historiographical and pseudo-historiographical texts ranging from monographs to dictionaries, collections of apophthegms, autobiographies and prophecies. This variety of discourses, Pomarè suggests, not only served as a source of the historical information Byron cherished, providing the subject matter for countless episodes in his works, but also and primarily supplied him with epistemological models. From them, Byron drew such trademark textual practices as his massive use of notes and paratexts, which satisfied his ingrained need for ’authenticity’ - a sentiment expressed in his oft-quoted, ’I hate things all fiction’. As Pomarè argues, Byron’s meticulous tracing of the process that links events, documents and historical representations ultimately answers his desire to retrieve what might be lost during the transmission of historical knowledge. Thus does he betray his preoccupation with the ideological uses of history writing, projecting his own discourses of history into the present of their composition.
The Works...
Author: Francis BaconThe Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His Occasional Works
Author: Francis BaconPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Literary and professional works
Author: Francis BaconPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Elizabeth I and Her Circle
Author: Susan DoranPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191033561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This is the inside story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. Using a wide range of original sources -- including private letters, portraits, verse, drama, and state papers -- Susan Doran provides a vivid and often dramatic account of political life in Elizabethan England and the queen at its centre, offering a deeper insight into Elizabeth's emotional and political conduct -- and challenging many of the popular myths that have grown up around her. It is a story replete with fascinating questions. What was the true nature of Elizabeth's relationship with her father, Henry VIII, especially after his execution of her mother? What was the influence of her step-mothers on Elizabeth's education and religious beliefs? How close was she really to her half-brother Edward VI -- and were relations with her half-sister Mary really as poisonous as is popularly assumed? And what of her relationship with her Stewart cousins, most famously with Mary Queen of Scots, executed on Elizabeth's orders in 1587, but also with Mary's son James VI of Scotland, later to succeed Elizabeth as her chosen successor? Elizabeth's relations with her family were crucial, but almost as crucial were her relations with her courtiers and her councillors (her 'men of business'). Here again, the story unravels a host of fascinating questions. Was the queen really sexually jealous of her maids of honour? What does her long and intimate relationship with the Earl of Leicester reveal about her character, personality, and attitude to marriage? What can the fall of Essex tell us about Elizabeth's political management in the final years of her reign? And what was the true nature of her personal and political relationship with influential and long-serving councillors such as the Cecils and Sir Francis Walsingham?
Literary and Professional Works
Author: Francis BaconWorks
Author: Francis BaconThe works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the author [by S.O. Beeton].
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Author: Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Francis Bacon
Author: George Walter SteevesPublisher:
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Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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