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almafu_9958353165702883
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1 online resource :
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17 illustrations
ISBN:
9781442661035
Content:
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 t
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface: Fictions of Identity --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1. The Representative Affair --
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2. The Byronic Legacy --
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3. Virtues and Vanities --
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4. Henrietta: A Love Story --
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5. What Is He? The Crisis Examined --
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6. Prejudice --
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7. Vindication --
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8. Young England / Coningsby --
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9. Sir Robert Peel and the Apotheosis of Young England --
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10. Sybil: Two Nations, or One? An Allegorical Romance --
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11. Rhetoric, Principles, and Expediency: The Corn Law Debate of 1846 and the Politics of Protection --
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12. Tancred and the Politics of Identity: Principles, Expediency, and Trust --
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13. Leadership --
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14. On Top of the Greasy Pole: The Disestablishment Crisis of 1868 --
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15. Lothair: The Politics of Love, Faith, and Duty --
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16. “The Family Romance”: Politics, Power, and Love in Endymion --
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17. The “Faery” Queen, the “Arch Villain,” and the “Mephistopheles of Statesmanship” --
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18. The Conquering Hero / Falconet --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442661035
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442661035
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442661035
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