The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part III vol 15

The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part III vol 15
Author: Grevel Lindop
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 765
Release: 2020-03-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 100074339X

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the final part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.

Edmund Burke, 1729-1797

Edmund Burke, 1729-1797
Author: Leonard W. Cowie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 145
Release: 1994-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0313387664

Although he held only minor offices in Parliament, politician and political writer Edmund Burke strongly affected contemporary opinion, and his ideas had a profound impact on the future. He supported the American colonists in their quarrel with Britain, played a conspicuous part in the impeachment of Warren Hastings for alleged misgovernment in India, and advocated religious toleration, the abolition of the slave trade, and other reforms. A bibliography of his life and career, the book includes a biographical essay and chronology, and provides a complete list of Burke's writings, as well as books and articles about him up to the present. Important contemporary portraits and cartoons and comments of his contemporaries add to this volume. The book's opening essay describes the life of Edmund Burke, showing how his writings and actions related to the main issues of the time, where the chronology lists events important to this situation. Section one, Manuscript and Archival Resources, sites the location of relevant collections, indicates those of greatest importance, and lists both guides to collections and contemporary periodicals. Bibliographies, biographies, and studies of Burke's political thought appear in the second section, while the tertiary section covers Burke's own writings. Contemporaries of Burke are covered in section four. His political background is examined in the fifth section, and the following chapters cover places associated with Burke, his speeches, contemporary portraits and caricatures, periodicals, and his life and career. Author, artist, and subject indexes conclude the work.

Harriet Martineau's Writing on British History and Military Reform, vol 6

Harriet Martineau's Writing on British History and Military Reform, vol 6
Author: Deborah Logan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2020-07-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000161765

This book is a collection of Harriet Martineau's England and her Soldiers and correspondence between Martineau and Florence Nightingale that show their contributions to British history and to military reforms and to the institution of public health standards.