David E Latané

William Maginn and the British Press

A Critical Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

The first scholarly treatment of the life of William Maginn, David Latané's meticulously researched biography follows Maginn's life from his early days in Ireland through his career in Paris and London as political journalist, editor and writer and finally to his sad decline and incarceration in debtor's prison. His book is essential reading for nineteenth-century scholars, historians of the book and periodical, and anyone interested in questions of authorship in the period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9781409449416
• ISBN-10: 1409449416
• Artikelnr.: 41251665

Autorenporträt

David E. Latané is Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Part I 1794-1823: 'And the city is Cork!'
The Cork correspondent
'The whiskey of the compound'. Part II 1824-1829: London is London
'A very prosopopoeia of the public press'
Bearing the Standard. Part III 1830-1835: Regina
'Something shabby about Bulwer'
'Put the rogues to rout in the year 32'
'Prison spikes'
'A strange mystery' 'Attila' and 'the sweep'. Part IV 1836-1842: 'Shot at by Doctor Maginn!'
'The wits of Bentley'
'Can unhappy poverty sing songs?'
The heart leaps up
'Reduced to want'
Epilogue: 'a famous subject for moralizing'
Appendices
Sources
Index.