Biographical Materials

• Biography
• A Disraeli chronology
• Portrait and profile in the 1852 Illustrated London News
• Razzi's bronze statue in Parliament Square, London

Works

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

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

Literary Relations

• Compared to Balzac and Merimée
• Medievalism

Social and Political Contexts

• Benjamin Disraeli and the Two Nation Divide
• Victorian Political History (Sitemap)
• Disraeli's assessment of Peel
• Disraeli on the Third Reform Bill
• British Empire: An Introduction
• Disraeli's Imperial Policies
• The Cultural Context: Victorianism

Disraeli and the Visual Arts

• Portraits
• Sculpture
• Punch on Disraeli

Related Material

• The Disraeli Project (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada)