Disraeli The Novelist

Author : David Cesarani
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300221894
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disraeli written by David Cesarani and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauded as a “great Jew,” excoriated by antisemites, and one of Britain’s most renowned prime ministers, Benjamin Disraeli has been widely celebrated for his role in Jewish history. But is the perception of him as a Jewish hero accurate? In what ways did he contribute to Jewish causes? In this groundbreaking, lucid investigation of Disraeli’s life and accomplishments, David Cesarani draws a new portrait of one of Europe’s leading nineteenth-century statesmen, a complicated, driven, opportunistic man. While acknowledging that Disraeli never denied his Jewish lineage, boasted of Jewish achievements, and argued for Jewish civil rights while serving as MP, Cesarani challenges the assumption that Disraeli truly cared about Jewish issues. Instead, his driving personal ambition required him to confront his Jewishness at the same time as he acted opportunistically. By creating a myth of aristocratic Jewish origins for himself, and by arguing that Jews were a superior race, Disraeli boosted his own career but also contributed to the consolidation of some of the most fundamental stereotypes of modern antisemitism.

Author : Michael Flavin
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benjamin Disraeli written by Michael Flavin and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: December 2004 marks the bicentenary of Benjamin Disraeli's birth. Benjamin Disraeli: The Novel as Political Discourse examines Disraeli's novels in order to construct a portrait of the man, his context and enduring reputation. Disraeli's literary career ran from 1826 to 1880. Within this time he became an M.P., Leader of the Opposition, Chancellor and Prime Minister. His novels can be read as the breeding ground for his ideas, gestated away from the pressure cooker of Parliament. From his first novel, Vivian Grey, about the formation of a new political party, to the overtly political "Young England" trilogy (named after a faction of the Conservative Party with which Disraeli was aligned) and beyond, Disraeli's novels expose the development of his thinking while also reflecting the anxieties of his age. This book will appeal to those fascinated by Disraeli and Conservatism. More widely, it will be enjoyed by anyone interested in the development of Britain in the Victorian era. Drawing upon Disraeli's speeches, letters and non-fiction as well as his novels, the book enhances our understanding of this charismatic figure who continues to cast a formidable shadow across the nation's politics and culture.

Author : Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473370558
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tancred - or, The New Crusade written by Benjamin Disraeli and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the second volume of Benjamin Disraeli’s 1847 novel, “Tancred - Or, The New Crusade”. It was the last in his trilogy of political novels, preceded by “Sybil; or, The Two Nations” (1845) and “Coningsby; or, The New Generation” (1844). The plot revolves around the role of the Church of England in rejuvenating Britain’s waning spirituality. This book is highly recommended for fans of political fiction, and is not to be missed by collectors of Disraeli’s work. Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) was a British politician and author, who served as Prime Minister on two separate occasions. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Many vintage texts such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Author : Benjamin Earl of Beaconsfi Disraeli
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021505620
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sybil, Or, The Two Nations written by Benjamin Earl of Beaconsfi Disraeli and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping tale of social inequality and political intrigue, Sybil or the Two Nations follows the fortunes of two young protagonists, Charles Egremont and Sybil Gerard, as they navigate the turbulent social currents of Victorian England. Along the way, Disraeli offers a scathing critique of the industrial revolution, the perils of unrestricted capitalism, and the need for political reform. With its vivid characters, stirring speeches, and memorable set pieces--including the violent confrontation between mill workers and soldiers at the climax of the book--Sybil remains one of the most powerful and influential novels of the nineteenth century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Thom Braun
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317208412
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disraeli the Novelist written by Thom Braun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1981, this book attempts to approach a better understanding of Disraeli the man through his life as a novelist. It is not a series of literary criticisms, rather an attempt to see how ‘fiction’ and the act of ‘fictionalising’ played an important part in Disraeli’s life. The author discusses how Disraeli’s novels in terms of how they reflected various stages of his life and development while assuming no knowledge of the, now mostly out-of-print, books on the part of the reader. This book fills the gap between the standard and comprehensive political biographies and the few literary analyses that appeared the twenty years prior to its publication.

Author : Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher : Tacet Books
ISBN 13 : 396858581X
Total Pages : 1246 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential Novelists - Benjamin Disraeli written by Benjamin Disraeli and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 1246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Benjamin Disraeli which are Sybil and Vivian Grey. Disraeli's literary and political career interacted over his lifetime and fascinated Victorian Britain, making him one of the most eminent figures in Victorian public life, and occasioned a large output of commentary. Novels selected for this book: - Sybil - Vivian Grey This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Author : Adam Kirsch
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benjamin Disraeli written by Adam Kirsch and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of Benjamin Disraeli offers a study of the former British prime minister's lifelong struggle with his Jewish identity, as well as his flirtation with proto-Zionism, his ideas about power and empire, and his attitude toward the Middle East and its future.

Author : Irving Chellis Story
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disraeli the Novelist written by Irving Chellis Story and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert P. O'Kell
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442661046
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disraeli written by Robert P. O'Kell and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500321116
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benjamin Disraeli, Collection Novels written by Benjamin Disraeli and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Disraeli, (1804 - 1881) was a British Conservative politician, writer and aristocrat who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy." He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is as of 2014 the only British Prime Minister of Jewish birth. In the 1840s Disraeli wrote a trilogy of novels with political themes. With Coningsby; or, The New Generation (1844), Disraeli, in Blake's view, "infused the novel genre with political sensibility, espousing the belief that England's future as a world power depended not on the complacent old guard, but on youthful, idealistic politicians." Coningsby was followed by Sybil; or, The Two Nations (1845), another political novel, which was less idealistic and more clear-eyed than Coningsby; the "two nations" of its sub-title referred to the huge economic and social gap between the privileged few and the deprived working classes. The last in Disraeli's political novel trilogy was Tancred; or, The New Crusade (1847), promoting the Church of England's role in reviving Britain's flagging spirituality. In this book: Sybil or the Two Nations Coningsby Tancred Or, The New Crusade