Biographical Materials

• Biography
• A Disraeli chronology
• Portrait and profile in the 1852 Illustrated London News

Works

• Works
• Introduction to His Works: W. E. Henley's appreciation

Literary Relations

• Compared to Balzac and Merimée
• Medievalism

Artistic Relations

• Sculpture
• Razzi's bronze statue in Parliament Square, London
• Punch on Disraeli
  • Performer and Critic
  • The Two Augurs
  • Tinct. Reform. Compt.
  • New Crowns for Old Ones
  • Empress and Earl, or One Good Turn Deserves Another
  • The Queen with Two Heads
  • "Doctors Differ" — Gladstone versus Disraeli
  • The "Pas de Deux" (Russia)

Social and Political Contexts

• Victorian Political History: An Overview
• Disraeli's assessment of Peel
• Disraeli on the Third Reform Bill
• British Empire: An Introduction
• Disraeli's Imperial Policies
• The Cultural Context: Victorianism

Theme and Technique in Disraeli's Works

• Themes
• Characterization
  • Henley on Disraeli's Men and Women
  • "Drifting" Protagonists
• Imagery, Symbolism, and Motifs
• Genre, Style, and Mode
  • Disraeli's style
  • His Speeches as Literature