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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Fictional Novel, Benjamin Disraeli, Contarini Fleming: A Psychological Romance, 1871
... Contarini Fleming: A Psychological Romance ......Psychological Romance...Contarini Fleming: A Psychological Romance - and - The Rise of Iskander Author: Benjamin Disraeli (Right Honorable B. ...Contarini Fleming: A Psychological Romance Book Fictional Novel Benjamin Disraeli Longmans, Green & Co. ...This specific book brings together two distinct works written early in the career of one of Victorian Britain's most fascinating political and literary figures. The subject 1871 volume is Volume VII of the first major "Collected Edition" of Disraeli's novels and tales issued by Longmans, Green & Co. The first novel, Contarini Fleming, published in 1832, is an intensely autobiographical, romantic and experimental work. It follows the development of a young man, Contarini Fleming, the son of a Scandinavian nobleman and an Italian mother. The story charts his emotional and artistic growth as he struggles with his identity, travels across Europe and the Levant, and attempts to become a poet. It explores the inner consciousness, imagination and the formation of a creative mind which is why Disraeli subtitled it a "Psychological Romance".Contarini Fleming: A Psychological Romance - and - The Rise of Iskander Author: Benjamin Disraeli (Right Honorable B. Disraeli) Publisher: Longmans Green & Co., London Date: 1871 (new edition) Black cloth hardcover book with embossed gold text on the spine. Inscriptions include stickers, stamps and handwriting. fictionThis specific book brings together two distinct works written early in the career of one of Victorian Britain's most fascinating political and literary figures. The subject 1871 volume is Volume VII of the first major "Collected Edition" of Disraeli's novels and tales issued by Longmans, Green & Co. The first novel, Contarini Fleming, published in 1832, is an intensely autobiographical, romantic and experimental work. It follows the development of a young man, Contarini Fleming, the son of a Scandinavian nobleman and an Italian mother. The story charts his emotional and artistic growth as he struggles with his identity, travels across Europe and the Levant, and attempts to become a poet. It explores the inner consciousness, imagination and the formation of a creative mind which is why Disraeli subtitled it a "Psychological Romance".flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, pattison collection, ralph eric pattison, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, warrnambool library, free library, corangamite regional library service, longmans green and co. london, benjamin disraeli, queen victoria's friend, longmans green & co, earl of beaconsfield, british politician, british prime minister, contarini fleming, psychological romance, the rise of iskander, right honourable b. disraeli, 1871 -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Disraeli, Benjamin, Contarini Fleming : a psychological romance, [n.d.] [First published 1832, date of this edition not known]
... Contarini Fleming : a psychological romance...Contarini Fleming : a psychological romance Book Novel Disraeli, Benjamin Frederick Warne and Co. ...Contarini Fleming is the son of a British nobleman and his Venetian wife. It recounts the psychological development and struggles of a young man gifted with a poetic temperament, and his search for self-realisation throughout his life. The book is regarded as Disraeli's most autobiographical work.311 p. : dark green cover, title and author's name spine embossed in gold on spine. Front cover embossed in black. Text on cover: 'The Works of B. Disraeli'. Novel is in seven parts. Includes preface to an edition published in 1848 (?could be 1843).fictionContarini Fleming is the son of a British nobleman and his Venetian wife. It recounts the psychological development and struggles of a young man gifted with a poetic temperament, and his search for self-realisation throughout his life. The book is regarded as Disraeli's most autobiographical work.benjamin disraeli, fiction, english literature -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, John Cowper Powys, A Glastonbury Romance, 1955
... Romance, and Weymouth Sands. He returned to Great Britain in 1934, settling in North Wales in 1935, where he wrote the historical novels Owen Glendower and Porius. His works also included critical studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky, and The Brazen Head, along with other inventive fantasies. Other notable novels are Wolf Solent and Maiden Castle. All of these works are rich in characterisation, psychological...Romance, and Weymouth Sands. He returned to Great Britain in 1934, settling in North Wales in 1935, where he wrote the historical novels Owen Glendower and Porius. His works also included critical studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky, and The Brazen Head, along with other inventive fantasies. Other notable novels are Wolf Solent and Maiden Castle. All of these works are rich in characterisation, psychological ...A Glastonbury Romance, original publication 1932/1933, is a sprawling, monumental modernist epic set in Somerset, England. It blends Arthurian myth, pagan lore, Christian symbolism, and early 20th-century industrial politics. The story centres on John Crow, his lover Mary, and a cast of dozens of townspeople in Glastonbury who become involved in a communal movement attempting to revive the Holy Grail legend as a spiritual force against corporate capitalism and industrial decay.Hard cover book. A Glastonbury Romance Author: John Cowper Powys Publisher: Macdonald & Co Date: 1955 Further Information: Bound in solid cloth boards, light green dust Jacket featuring typographical mid-century graphic designs of Glastonbury, The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionA Glastonbury Romance, original publication 1932/1933, is a sprawling, monumental modernist epic set in Somerset, England. It blends Arthurian myth, pagan lore, Christian symbolism, and early 20th-century industrial politics. The story centres on John Crow, his lover Mary, and a cast of dozens of townspeople in Glastonbury who become involved in a communal movement attempting to revive the Holy Grail legend as a spiritual force against corporate capitalism and industrial decay.shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, a glastonbury romance, john cowper powys
