Author: Athenæum, LondonPublisher:
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Category : Athenaeum (London: 1828-1921)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The Seventieth Birthday of the Athenæum
Author: Athenæum, LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athenaeum (London: 1828-1921)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The Athenaeum
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: Michael WheelerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300246773
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
A compelling history of the famous London club and its members' impact on Britain's scientific, creative, and official life When it was founded in 1824, the Athenæum broke the mold. Unlike in other preeminent clubs, its members were chosen on the basis of their achievements rather than on their background or political affiliation. Public rather than private life dominated the agenda. The club, with its tradition of hospitality to conflicting views, has attracted leading scientists, writers, artists, and intellectuals throughout its history, including Charles Darwin and Matthew Arnold, Edward Burne-Jones and Yehudi Menuhin, Winston Churchill and Gore Vidal. This book is not presented in the traditional, insular style of club histories, but devotes attention to the influence of Athenians on the scientific, creative, and official life of the nation. From the unwitting recruitment of a Cold War spy to the welcome admittance of women, this lively and original account explores the corridors and characters of the club; its wider political, intellectual, and cultural influence; and its recent reinvention.
The Providence Athenaeum Bulletin
Author: Providence AthenaeumPublisher:
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Category : Subscription libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Literary News
Author: The Bookseller
Author: Notes and Queries
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Category : Questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Notes and Queries: a Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc
Author: Dickens and Victorian Print Cultures
Author: Robert L. PattenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351944444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This volume places Dickens at the centre of a dynamic and expanding Victorian print world and tells the story of his career against a background of options available to him. The collection describes a world animated by outpourings of print materials: books, serials, newspapers, periodicals, libraries, paintings and prints, parodies and plagiarisms, censorship, advertising, as well as theatre and other entertainment, and celebrity. It also shows this period as driven by a growing and more literate population, and undergirded by a general conviction that writing was a crucial component of governance and civic culture. The extensive introduction and selected articles anchor Dickens's attempts to establish better conditions for writers regarding copyright protection, pay, status, recognition, and effectiveness in altering public policy. They speak about Dickens's life as playwright, journalist, novelist, editor, magazine publisher, theatrical producer, actor, lecturer, reader of his own works, supporter of charities for impoverished authors and fallen women, exponent of a morality of Christian compassion and domestic affections sometimes put into question by his own actions, proponent and critic of British nationalism, and champion of education for all. This selection of essays and articles from previously published accounts by internationally renowned scholars is of interest to all students and professionals who are fascinated by the composition, manufacture, finance, formats, pictorializations, sales, advertising and influence of Dickens's writing.
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