O'Kell, Robert.

Disraeli the romance of politics / Robert O'Kell. - Toronto ; Ithaca : University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (x, 595 pages, 16. pages of plates) illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781442661035


Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881.
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881 --Criticism and interpretation.
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881 --Political activity.


Authors, English--Biography.
Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.
Politics and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.


Electronic Books.

PR4088 / .D577 2013