The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) was a prominent English journalist, banker, and man of letters. For many years he was editor ofThe Economist, and to this day the magazine includes a weekly "Bagehot" column. His analyses of politics, economics, and public affairs were nothing short of brilliant....

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Main Author Prochaska, Frank
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New Haven Yale University Press 24.09.2013
Edition1
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1826-1877
1837-1901
19th century
Bagehot, Walter
Bagehot, Walter, 1826–1877
Biography
Economic conditions
Economists
Great Britain
History
Intellectuals
Journalists
Politics and government
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Summary:Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) was a prominent English journalist, banker, and man of letters. For many years he was editor ofThe Economist, and to this day the magazine includes a weekly "Bagehot" column. His analyses of politics, economics, and public affairs were nothing short of brilliant. Sadly, he left no memoir. How, then, does this book bear the title,The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot? Frank Prochaska explains, "Given my longstanding interest in Bagehot's life and times, I decided to compose a memoir on his behalf." And so, in this imaginative reconstruction of the memoir Bagehot might have written, Prochaska assumes his subject's voice, draws on his extensive writings (Bagehot'sCollected Worksfill 15 volumes), and scrupulously avoids what Bagehot considered that most unpardonable of faults-dullness. A faux autobiography allows for considerable license, but Prochaska remains true to Bagehot's character and is accurate in his depiction of the times. The memoir immerses us in the spirit of the Victorian era and makes us wish to have known Walter Bagehot. He is, Prochaska observes, the Victorian with whom we would most want to have dinner.
ISBN:9780300195545
0300195540