2013, ISBN: 9780300198614

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Auflage, The spirited and measured memoir of Walter Bagehot, had he left one Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) was a prominent English journalis… More...

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Auflage, The spirited and measured memoir of Walter Bagehot, had he left one Walter Bagehot (1826&ndash;1877) was a prominent&#160;English journalist, banker, and man of letters. For&#160;many years he was editor of The Economist, and to this day the magazine includes a weekly &ldquo;Bagehot&rdquo; column. His analyses of politics, economics, and public affairs were nothing short of brilliant. Sadly, he left no memoir.&#160;How, then, does this book bear the title, The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot? Frank Prochaska explains, &ldquo;Given my longstanding interest in Bagehot&rsquo;s life and times, I decided to compose a memoir on his behalf.&rdquo; And so, in this imaginative reconstruction of the memoir Bagehot might have written, Prochaska assumes his subject&rsquo;s voice, draws on his extensive writings (Bagehot&rsquo;s Collected Works fill 15 volumes), and scrupulously avoids what Bagehot considered that most unpardonable of faults&mdash;dullness.&#160;A faux autobiography allows for considerable license, but Prochaska remains true to Bagehot&rsquo;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. [PU: Yale University Press], Seiten: 224, Yale University Press, 2013<

ISBN: 9780300198614

Walter 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 inclu… More...

Walter 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. Digital Content>E-books>Biography>Historical Biog,Memoir>Hist Biog,Memoir, Yale University Press Digital >16<

2013, ISBN: 9780300198614

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Auflage, [PU: Yale University Press], [ED: 1], Yale University Press, 2013

ISBN: 9780300198614

The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot, Yale University Press

2013, ISBN: 9780300198614

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