The Letters of Thomas Babington MacAulay: Volume 1, 1807-February 1831

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Letters of Thomas Babington MacAulay: Volume 1, 1807-February 1831
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas MacAulay
Edited by Thomas Pinney
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:380
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 21
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
ISBN/Barcode 9780521088961
ClassificationsDewey:828.809
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 30 October 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Some of Macaulay's letters were printed in nineteenth-century memoirs, but a 'Complete Letters' of this eminent Victorian has long been needed. Professor Pinney is editing the whole body of surviving letters by Macaulay, giving accurate texts and textual and explanatory notes. The letters are in chronological order, grouped by historical theme and phases of Macaulay's life. The first two volumes deal with his childhood, career at Cambridge, early legal career and early political career, and end with him about to leave for India. The letters are lively because Macaulay (as lawyer, essayist, historian, politician, administrator, poet) was a man of enormous energy and very wide interests. They will add greatly to our sense of early Victorian political and cultural life as well as to our understanding of Macaulay himself.