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Edmund Burke: A Life in Caricature
Nicholas K. Robinson
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For more than 30 years until his death in 1797, the statesman and writer Edmund Burke was a powerful voice on the great political issues of late 18th-century Britain. The broad range of his interests, as well as his Irish origins and his Catholic connections, made Burke a favourite target of such vitriolic and sometimes scurrilous caricaturists as Gillray, Rowlandson, Dent, and Sayers. This book follows and sheds light on Burke's political, literary, and personal life by examining a wide selection of the caricatures in which he was featured. Nicholas Robinson puts the caricatures in context by reconstructing the day-to-day ... Read more
For more than 30 years until his death in 1797, the statesman and writer Edmund Burke was a powerful voice on the great political issues of late 18th-century Britain. The broad range of his interests, as well as his Irish origins and his Catholic connections, made Burke a favourite target of such vitriolic and sometimes scurrilous caricaturists as Gillray, Rowlandson, Dent, and Sayers. This book follows and sheds light on Burke's political, literary, and personal life by examining a wide selection of the caricatures in which he was featured. Nicholas Robinson puts the caricatures in context by reconstructing the day-to-day ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Dustjacket
Yes
Dustjacket Condition
VERY GOOD
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300068016
SKU
KHS0037950
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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