{"product_id":"the-self-fashioning-of-disraeli-1818-1851-hardback-9780521497299","title":"The Self-Fashioning of Disraeli, 1818–1851 (Hardback) 9780521497299","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Self-Fashioning of Disraeli, 1818–1851\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first book to show how Disraeli fashioned his personality during his formative years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Richmond (Edited by), Paul Smith (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521497299, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 February 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Self-Fashioning of Disraeli, 1818–1851 … presents an impressively coherent and multifaceted portrait of Disraeli, bringing together the various strands of his early life … Overall, this is a stimulating book, exploring the career of the young Disraeli through fresh theoretical perspectives … Williamson has produced an impressive rehabilitation of Stanley Baldwin, which opens up into a peerless dissection of inter war political culture … it immeasurably enhances our understanding of the period beyond the endless, often sterile, jousting about living standards that previously characterized its historiography.' The Historical Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBenjamin Disraeli remains a commanding figure in the history and ideology of the British Conservative party, and a remarkable example of ascent to high office from outside the traditional elite. This is the first book to bring together specialists in history, literary studies and psychiatry to show how he successfully fashioned his personality in the formative years before his emergence as Conservative leader. The analysis of this process of self-fashioning - the situation to which it responded, the problems of an outsider's integration and advancement in British society, the goals it sought to reach, the techniques which it employed, and the sources on which it drew - offers fresh insight into Disraeli's character and career. Vital aspects of his personality and outlook discussed here include his education, Jewishness, romanticism, orientalism, historical scholarship, and political ideas, and the psychiatric disorder of his mid-twenties, which is examined seriously for the first time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Paul Smith\u003cbr\u003e 1. Disraeli's education Charles Richmond\u003cbr\u003e 2. Disraeli's romanticism: self-fashioning in the novels Daniel R. Schwarz\u003cbr\u003e 3. Disraeli's crucial illness Charles Richmond and Jerrold M. Post\u003cbr\u003e 4. Disraeli's orientalism Patrick Brantlinger\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'A Hebrew to the end': the emergence of Disraeli's Jewishness Todd M. Engelman\u003cbr\u003e 6. Disraeli's interpretation of English history Peter Jupp\u003cbr\u003e 7. Disraeli's politics Paul Smith.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913112183064,"sku":"9780521497299","price":53.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521497299i_73d442f4-d06e-473c-8f61-806e3f5ab7d1.jpg?v=1691383146","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-self-fashioning-of-disraeli-1818-1851-hardback-9780521497299","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}