This interdisciplinary study explores how book culture functioned in the lifeand milieu of one of the nineteenth century's most complex figures. Spanning the statesman's long life, it presents key case studies illuminating the constant and fundamental interplay between reading, life and politics which characterised Gladstone's world. ÍNDICE: List of Figures - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - PART I: READING THE READER - Sacred Dramas: the history of a collection, 1815-1896 - Rhythms of Reading - PART II: MAKING THE READER - The Gentlemanb s Inheritance, 1809-1836 - A Place of Deceptive Tranquillity: Gladstoneb s Temple of Peace - PART III: ST DEINIOL'S - Humanity: Libraries, Literature, and Liberalism - Divinity: Gladstone, Oxford, and Lux Mundi - PART IV: TRANSFORMING THE READER - Political Lotus Eater to Grand Old Bookman: re-presenting Gladstone the reader - Conclusion - References - Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-230-00765-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha Publicación: 03/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés