Author: Francis Wrigley HirstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Early Life & Letters of John Morley
Author: Francis Wrigley HirstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Early Life & Letters of John Morley
Author: Francis Wrigley HirstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Bookman's Manual
Author: Bessie GrahamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Historical Outlook
Author: OLR Index
Author: Writers, Readers, and Reputations
Author: Philip WallerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199541205
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Philip Waller explores the literary world in which the modern best-seller first emerged, with writers promoted as stars and celebrities, advertising both products and themselves.
The Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882
Author: Michael D. BerdinePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000143597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This fascinating account highlights the extent the world's major powers will go to as they seek to insure their own interests and agendas, despite the wishes of those whose countries they invade and occupy. The Accidental Tourist profiles Wilfrid Scawen Blunt's involvement in the so-called Arabi Revolt in 1882. It addresses Blunt's tireless efforts on behalf of the Egyptian Nationalists to mediate the differences between Britain and Egypt and prevent a British invasion of Egypt. It highlights what amounted to a government cover-up of the actions of certain governmental officials to precipitate the invasion by falsifying intelligence information and manipulating the press. It also takes to task the scholarly tradition of maligning Blunt and questioning the accuracy of his version of the events of 1882. Blunt was branded a traitor in the House of Commons. This book was written to set the record straight. It is ideal reading for those interested in the field of Middle Eastern, Imperial or Colonial history and will provide readers with a better understanding of the real story of imperialism that went on at the time and is still going on in the Middle East today.
Speculative Biography
Author: Donna Lee BrienPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000454738
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
While speculation has always been crucial to biography, it has often been neglected, denied or misunderstood. This edited collection brings together a group of international biographers to discuss how, and why, each uses speculation in their work; whether this is to conceptualise a project in its early stages, work with scanty or deliberately deceptive sources, or address issues associated with shy or stubborn subjects. After defining the role of speculation in biography, the volume offers a series of work-in-progress case studies that discuss the challenges biographers encounter and address in their work. In addition to defining the ‘speculative spectrum’ within the biographical endeavour, the collection offers a lexicon of new terms to describe different types of biographical speculation, and more deeply engage with the dynamic interplay between research, subjectivity and that which Natalie Zemon Davis dubbed ‘informed imagination’. By mapping the field of speculative biography, the collection demonstrates that speculation is not only innate to biographical practice but also key to rendering the complex mystery of biographical subjects, be they human, animal or even metaphysical.
The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890
Author: M. BaerPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137035293
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 explores a critical chapter in the story of Britain's transition to democracy. Utilising the remarkably rich documentation generated by Westminster elections, Baer reveals how the most radical political space in the age of oligarchy became the most conservative and tranquil in an age of democracy.
On a Darkling Plain
Author: Harvey Curtis WebsterPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429656289
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Originally published in 1947 and presenting the famed poet-novelist against the background of contemporary thought and society, Harvey Curtis Webster shows that Hardy's later works give consistent evidence of hope; that pervasive pessimism was by no means the keynote of Hardy's thought. On a Darkling Plain traces the evolution of Hardy's thought, from faith, through disillusionment, to a cautious belief in the ultimate progress of man.