Disraeli
eBook - PDF

Disraeli

The Romance of Politics

  1. 624 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Disraeli

The Romance of Politics

About this book

Disraeli: The Romance of Politics examines the relation between Disraeli's novels and his political career and illuminates both in a way not previously attempted.

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Table of contents

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