Disraeli : The Romance of Politics /
O'Kell, Robert P.
Disraeli : The Romance of Politics / Robert P. O'Kell. - 1 online resource (624 p.) : 17 illustrations
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
When we think of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), one of two images inevitably first springs to mind: either Disraeli the two-time prime minister of Britain, or Disraeli the author of major novels such as Coningsby, Sybil, and Endymion. But were these two sides of his persona entirely separate? After all, the recurring fantasy structures in Disraeli's fictions bear a striking similarity to the imaginative ways in which he shaped his political career.Disraeli: The Romance of Politics provides a remarkable biographical portrait of Disraeli as both a statesman and a storyteller. Drawing extensively on Disraeli's published letters and speeches, as well as on archival sources in the United Kingdom, Robert O'Kell illuminates the intimate, symbiotic relationship between his fiction and his politics. His investigation shines new light on all of Disraeli's novels, his two governments, his imperialism, and his handling of the Irish Church Disestablishment Crisis of 1868 and the Eastern Question in the 1870s.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781442627062 9781442661035
10.3138/9781442661035 doi
DISCOUNT-B.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
823/.8
Disraeli : The Romance of Politics / Robert P. O'Kell. - 1 online resource (624 p.) : 17 illustrations
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
When we think of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), one of two images inevitably first springs to mind: either Disraeli the two-time prime minister of Britain, or Disraeli the author of major novels such as Coningsby, Sybil, and Endymion. But were these two sides of his persona entirely separate? After all, the recurring fantasy structures in Disraeli's fictions bear a striking similarity to the imaginative ways in which he shaped his political career.Disraeli: The Romance of Politics provides a remarkable biographical portrait of Disraeli as both a statesman and a storyteller. Drawing extensively on Disraeli's published letters and speeches, as well as on archival sources in the United Kingdom, Robert O'Kell illuminates the intimate, symbiotic relationship between his fiction and his politics. His investigation shines new light on all of Disraeli's novels, his two governments, his imperialism, and his handling of the Irish Church Disestablishment Crisis of 1868 and the Eastern Question in the 1870s.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781442627062 9781442661035
10.3138/9781442661035 doi
DISCOUNT-B.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
823/.8