Bulwer Lytton : the rise and fall of a Victorian man of letters / / Leslie Mitchell

• Autore: Mitchell L. G (Leslie George)
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Hambledon and London, , 2003; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.8
• Soggetto topico: Authors, English - 19th century; Cabinet officers - Great Britain; Journalists - Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Upbringing of a Puppy; 2 Rosina; 3 'The Misfortune of My Life'; 4 Robert and Emily; 5 Society; 6 A Writer and the Public; 7 Ghosts and Artists; 8 Europe; 9 Radical; 10 Tory; 11 Cabinet Minister; 12 Prophet; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: After a prolific life as an author with a European reputation, outselling Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton was ennobled and, on his death, buried in Westminster Abbey. Since the First World War, however, his literary reputation has sunk and he is now little read. Bulwer Lytton is the first modern biography of an extraordinary man whose literary output was prodigious. It ranged from novels, such as The Last Days of Pompeii, and poetry to plays, biographies and extensive political commentaries and journalism. A dandy to rival Disraeli, he lived life in London, at Knebworth, his country house, or mo
• Titolo autorizzato: Bulwer Lytton
• ISBN: 1-282-02472-8; 9786612024726; 0-8264-2166-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816356203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II