Author: William Jerdan
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Autobiography, with His Literary, Political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence During the Last Fifty Years
Author: William Jerdan
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Publisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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The Autobiography of William Jerdan
Author: William Jerdan
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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The Autobiography of William Jerdan
Author: William Jerdan
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Autobiography, with His Literary, Political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence During the Last Fifty Years
Author: William Jerdan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Autobiography
Author: William Jerdan
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Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Pages : 432
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British Military Spectacle
Author: Scott Hughes Myerly
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674082496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In the theater of war, how important is costume? And in peacetime, what purpose does military spectacle serve? This book takes us behind the scenes of the British military at the height of its brilliance to show us how dress and discipline helped to mold the military man and attempted to seduce the hearts and minds of a nation while serving to intimidate civil rioters in peacetime. Often ridiculed for their constrictive splendor, British army uniforms of the early nineteenth century nonetheless played a powerful role in the troops' performance on campaign, in battle, and as dramatic entertainment in peacetime. Plumbing a wide variety of military sources, most tellingly the memoirs and letters of soldiers and civilians, Scott Hughes Myerly reveals how these ornate sartorial creations, combining symbols of solidarity and inspiration, vivid color, and physical restraint, enhanced the managerial effects of rigid discipline, drill, and torturous punishments, but also helped foster regimental esprit de corps. Encouraging recruitment, enforcing discipline within the military, and boosting morale were essential but not the only functions of martial dress. Myerly also explores the role of the resplendent uniform and its associated gaudy trappings and customs during civil peace and disorder--whether employed as public relations through spectacular free entertainment, or imitated by rioters and rebels opposing the status quo. Dress, drills, parades, inspections, pomp, and order: as this richly illustrated book conducts us through the details of the creation, design, functions, and meaning of these aspects of the martial image, it exposes the underpinnings of a mentality--and vision--that extends far beyond the military subculture into the civic and social order that we call modernity.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674082496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In the theater of war, how important is costume? And in peacetime, what purpose does military spectacle serve? This book takes us behind the scenes of the British military at the height of its brilliance to show us how dress and discipline helped to mold the military man and attempted to seduce the hearts and minds of a nation while serving to intimidate civil rioters in peacetime. Often ridiculed for their constrictive splendor, British army uniforms of the early nineteenth century nonetheless played a powerful role in the troops' performance on campaign, in battle, and as dramatic entertainment in peacetime. Plumbing a wide variety of military sources, most tellingly the memoirs and letters of soldiers and civilians, Scott Hughes Myerly reveals how these ornate sartorial creations, combining symbols of solidarity and inspiration, vivid color, and physical restraint, enhanced the managerial effects of rigid discipline, drill, and torturous punishments, but also helped foster regimental esprit de corps. Encouraging recruitment, enforcing discipline within the military, and boosting morale were essential but not the only functions of martial dress. Myerly also explores the role of the resplendent uniform and its associated gaudy trappings and customs during civil peace and disorder--whether employed as public relations through spectacular free entertainment, or imitated by rioters and rebels opposing the status quo. Dress, drills, parades, inspections, pomp, and order: as this richly illustrated book conducts us through the details of the creation, design, functions, and meaning of these aspects of the martial image, it exposes the underpinnings of a mentality--and vision--that extends far beyond the military subculture into the civic and social order that we call modernity.
Literary Authors, Parliamentary Reporters
Author: Nikki Hessell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139503537
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt and Charles Dickens all worked as parliamentary reporters, but their experiences in the press gallery have not received much scrutiny. Nikki Hessell's study is the first work to consider all four of these canonical writers as gallery reporters, providing a detailed picture of this intriguing episode in their careers. Hessell challenges preconceived notions about the role that emergent literary genius played in their success as reporters, arguing instead that they were consummate gallery professionals who adapted themselves to the journalistic standards of their day. That professional background fed in to their creative work in unexpected ways. By drawing on a wealth of evidence in letters, diaries and the press, this study provides fresh insights into the ways in which four great writers learnt the craft of journalism and brought those lessons to bear on their career as literary authors.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139503537
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt and Charles Dickens all worked as parliamentary reporters, but their experiences in the press gallery have not received much scrutiny. Nikki Hessell's study is the first work to consider all four of these canonical writers as gallery reporters, providing a detailed picture of this intriguing episode in their careers. Hessell challenges preconceived notions about the role that emergent literary genius played in their success as reporters, arguing instead that they were consummate gallery professionals who adapted themselves to the journalistic standards of their day. That professional background fed in to their creative work in unexpected ways. By drawing on a wealth of evidence in letters, diaries and the press, this study provides fresh insights into the ways in which four great writers learnt the craft of journalism and brought those lessons to bear on their career as literary authors.
The Autobiography of William Jerdan
Author: William Jerdan
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483262447
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Excerpt from The Autobiography of William Jerdan: With His Literary, Political and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence During the Last Fifty Years It has been held that my narrative, as far as it has gone (the sequel being unknown), tends to the disparagement of the literary class or profession, and has consequently not only provoked the animadversions of members of that class or profession, but the ruse of carrying the war into the supposed enemy's quarters, and charging me with in gratitude where I ought to have been exceedingly thankful for the success accorded to me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483262447
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Excerpt from The Autobiography of William Jerdan: With His Literary, Political and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence During the Last Fifty Years It has been held that my narrative, as far as it has gone (the sequel being unknown), tends to the disparagement of the literary class or profession, and has consequently not only provoked the animadversions of members of that class or profession, but the ruse of carrying the war into the supposed enemy's quarters, and charging me with in gratitude where I ought to have been exceedingly thankful for the success accorded to me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Additions Made to the Library of Congress, Since the First Day of December, 1851
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Catalogues of Books for Sale by E.W. Stibbs
Author: E. W. Stibbs
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Languages : en
Pages : 744
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