Disraeli : : The Romance of Politics / / Robert P. O'Kell.
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 al...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (624 p.) :; 17 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: Fictions of Identity
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Representative Affair
- 2. The Byronic Legacy
- 3. Virtues and Vanities
- 4. Henrietta: A Love Story
- 5. What Is He? The Crisis Examined
- 6. Prejudice
- 7. Vindication
- 8. Young England / Coningsby
- 9. Sir Robert Peel and the Apotheosis of Young England
- 10. Sybil: Two Nations, or One? An Allegorical Romance
- 11. Rhetoric, Principles, and Expediency: The Corn Law Debate of 1846 and the Politics of Protection
- 12. Tancred and the Politics of Identity: Principles, Expediency, and Trust
- 13. Leadership
- 14. On Top of the Greasy Pole: The Disestablishment Crisis of 1868
- 15. Lothair: The Politics of Love, Faith, and Duty
- 16. "The Family Romance": Politics, Power, and Love in Endymion
- 17. The "Faery" Queen, the "Arch Villain," and the "Mephistopheles of Statesmanship"
- 18. The Conquering Hero / Falconet
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index