Times on the American War - And Other Essays

Klappentext In this 1865 work, Leslie Stephen criticises the attitude of The Times towards the American Civil War. Zusammenfassung In this work of 1865, Leslie Stephen criticises the attitude of The Times towards the American Civil War (1861–5); also included in this reissue is a short article on the poet John Byrom (1692–1763), and an obituary of Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), Stephen's personal friend. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Times on the American War: 1. The Times on American affairs; 2. The Times as a prophet; 3. Slavery and the war; 4. Change of The Times policy; 5. The Times on the true cause of the war; 6. The Times on the slavery question; 7. The Times on emancipation measures; 8. The Times correspondence; 9. A military despotism; 10. The instruments of despotism; 11. Military criticism; 12. Moral; John Byrom; Henry Sidgwick.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Stephen, Sir Leslie Stephen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2012
• EAN: 9781108047623
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04762-3
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays