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Disraeli and the Politics of Fiction: Some Reconsiderations
Series: - DQR Studies in Literature Online, Volume: 64
- DQR Studies in Literature, Volume: 64
How do Disraeli's fictions represent, uncover and express the interplay of his roles as political theorist and practitioner, social commentator and author? Travelling well beyond his political trilogy of Coningsby (1844), Sybil (1845), and Tancred (1847), this volume examines his letters, political writings, biographies and silver fork novels, including Alroy (1833), Contarini Fleming (1832), Henrietta Temple (1837), Venetia (1837), Vivian Grey (1826) , and The Young Duke (1831).
It assesses Disraeli’s representation and analysis of political conservatism, and traces the fascinating interaction between political theory and literary representation. Bringing together studies of Disraeli and his canon by contemporary and multidisciplinary scholars of the nineteenth century and of Disraeli himself, this book provides a uniquely multifaceted collection of fresh literary, historical and political scholarship.
It assesses Disraeli’s representation and analysis of political conservatism, and traces the fascinating interaction between political theory and literary representation. Bringing together studies of Disraeli and his canon by contemporary and multidisciplinary scholars of the nineteenth century and of Disraeli himself, this book provides a uniquely multifaceted collection of fresh literary, historical and political scholarship.
A.D. Cousins, Emeritus Professor at Macquarie University, is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Member of the Order of Australia. The most recent of his twenty books are the co-authored, co-edited volume Alexander Pope in The Reign of Queen Anne and Mythologies of Internal Exile in Elizabethan Verse: Six Studies. He holds doctorates in both English Literature and Political Theory.
Dani Napton, Adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, has published extensively on English literature and culture 1750-1900, specifically on: the history of ideas; historiography; landscape/place narrative; and representations of politico-theological conservatism and radicalism in the novel. She holds doctorates in English Literature and Political Theory.
Dani Napton, Adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, has published extensively on English literature and culture 1750-1900, specifically on: the history of ideas; historiography; landscape/place narrative; and representations of politico-theological conservatism and radicalism in the novel. She holds doctorates in English Literature and Political Theory.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A.D. Cousins and Dani Napton
1 Disraeli’s “Autobiography” Letters, Novels, Memoranda, Journalism, Biography, and Speeches
Robert O’Kell
2 Benjamin Disraeli’s Venetia (1837) Teaching the Mob a Lesson
Michael Flavin
3 The Emergence of Disraeli’s Jewishness
Todd Endelman
4 Reconsidering Catholicism in the Young Duke and Sybil Edmund Spenser, Alexander Pope, Benjamin Disraeli and the British Donna Angelica
A.D. Cousins
5 Historical Romance and the Mythology of Charles i in D’Israeli and Disraeli
A.D. Cousins and Dani Napton
6 Disraeli and Race
Megan Dent
7 Politicizing Character and Landscape in the Young Duke and Henrietta Temple
Dani Napton
Conclusion
A.D. Cousins and Dani Napton
Select Bibliography
Index
Introduction
A.D. Cousins and Dani Napton
1 Disraeli’s “Autobiography” Letters, Novels, Memoranda, Journalism, Biography, and Speeches
Robert O’Kell
2 Benjamin Disraeli’s Venetia (1837) Teaching the Mob a Lesson
Michael Flavin
3 The Emergence of Disraeli’s Jewishness
Todd Endelman
4 Reconsidering Catholicism in the Young Duke and Sybil Edmund Spenser, Alexander Pope, Benjamin Disraeli and the British Donna Angelica
A.D. Cousins
5 Historical Romance and the Mythology of Charles i in D’Israeli and Disraeli
A.D. Cousins and Dani Napton
6 Disraeli and Race
Megan Dent
7 Politicizing Character and Landscape in the Young Duke and Henrietta Temple
Dani Napton
Conclusion
A.D. Cousins and Dani Napton
Select Bibliography
Index
Undergraduates, postgraduates, and academics interested in 19th-century literature and culture—particularly, in connection with the interfaces between history, political theory, and literary studies.