1st Edition

Disraeli the Novelist

By Thom Braun Copyright 1981
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Dance on a Tight-Rope 2 Sleight-of-Hand Tricks 3 Rivers of Diamonds 4 Fortune and Fancy 5 Animal Magnetism, or Unknown Tongues 6 Inhabitants of Different Planets 7 Spell of Social Sorcery 8 The Frame of Age; Index

Biography

Thom Braun