Snyder, Charles W.
Liberty and Morality

A Political Biography of Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

The author of such novels as "The Last Days of Pompeii", Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) served in the House of Commons for twenty-five years. Closely associated with another 'novelist in politics', Benjamin Disraeli, he became one of the leading figures in the Conservative Party. Bulwer-Lytton was a quintessential representative of Victorian England. In order to understand that time and place with its moods and aspirations, hopes and fears, tastes and prejudices, this study focuses on Bulwer-Lytton not as a writer, but as a public figure who expressed thoughtful opinions on the controversies of the day. In his eloquent advocacy of the idea that liberty and morality go hand in hand, he not only spoke for his age, but represents the modern era as well. 230 Seiten, gebunden (American University Studies. Series IX: History; Vol. 162/Peter Lang Verlag 1995) Mängelexemplar/near mint