LEADER 03361nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910452315203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-300-19861-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300198614 035 $a(CKB)2550000001110129 035 $a(EBL)3421262 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000956686 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12374204 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000956686 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10965198 035 $a(PQKB)10732278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421262 035 $a(DE-B1597)485885 035 $a(OCoLC)856021355 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300198614 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001110129 100 $a20130404d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe memoirs of Walter Bagehot$b[electronic resource] /$fFrank Prochaska 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-300-19554-0 311 0 $a1-299-78826-2 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$t8 Queen's Gate Place --$tI. A Somerset Childhood --$tII. A London Education --$tIII. A French Experience --$tIV. Banking and Letters --$tV. History --$tVI. Marriage and Ambition --$tVII. London and The Economist --$tVIII. Spare Mind --$tIX. The American Crisis and the English Constitution --$tX. Politics --$tXI. Physics and Politics --$tXII. Political Economy --$tXIII. Valediction --$tIndex 330 $aWalter Bagehot (1826-1877) was a prominent English journalist, banker, and man of letters. For many years he was editor of The Economist, and to this day the magazine includes a weekly "Bagehot" column. His analyses of politics, economics, and public affairs were nothing short of brilliant. Sadly, he left no memoir. How, then, does this book bear the title, The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot? Frank Prochaska explains, "Given my longstanding interest in Bagehot's life and times, I decided to compose a memoir on his behalf." And so, in this imaginative reconstruction of the memoir Bagehot might have written, Prochaska assumes his subject's voice, draws on his extensive writings (Bagehot's Collected Works fill 15 volumes), and scrupulously avoids what Bagehot considered that most unpardonable of faults-dullness. A faux autobiography allows for considerable license, but Prochaska remains true to Bagehot's character and is accurate in his depiction of the times. The memoir immerses us in the spirit of the Victorian era and makes us wish to have known Walter Bagehot. He is, Prochaska observes, the Victorian with whom we would most want to have dinner. 606 $aEconomists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aJournalists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aIntellectuals$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1837-1901 607 $aGreat Britain$xEconomic conditions$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEconomists 615 0$aJournalists 615 0$aIntellectuals 676 $a330.092 676 $aB 700 $aProchaska$b F. K$0570848 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452315203321 996 $aThe memoirs of Walter Bagehot$92461188 997 $aUNINA