William T. Stead (1849–1912)
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Værker af William T. Stead
If Christ Came to Chicago: A Plea for the Union of All Who Love in the Service of All Who Suffer (1990) 18 eksemplarer
The Welsh Revival & The Story of The Welsh Revival: As Told by Eyewitnesses Together With a Sketch of Evan Roberts and… (2015) 6 eksemplarer
Hymns That Have Helped 3 eksemplarer
The Welsh Revival (Narrative of Facts - W. T. Stead, Source and Power - G. Campbell Morgan) (2012) 3 eksemplarer
AFTER DEATH: A Personal Narrative ( New and Enlarged Edition of "Letters from Julia" ) (1914) 2 eksemplarer
the key to communication 2 eksemplarer
Gemeenschap met het hiernamaals 2 eksemplarer
Review of Reviews (34:06) (234) 2 eksemplarer
Satan's Invisible World Displayed; or, Despairing Democracy: A Study of Greater New York 1 eksemplar
Borderland Vol II 1 eksemplar
Borderland Vol I 1 eksemplar
The penny poets.-- XIX The Poems of John Keats. Volume V. The Masterpiece Library — Redaktør — 1 eksemplar
Review of reviews (London) 1 eksemplar
after death 1 eksemplar
life eternal 1 eksemplar
Annie Besant : A Character Sketch, 1891 1 eksemplar
After Death; A Peronal Narrative 1 eksemplar
Review of Reviews (41:01) (241) 1 eksemplar
Real Ghost Stories, pp. 1-255 1 eksemplar
After Death; Or Letters from Julia. A Personal Narrative. A Work of Priceless Value to Spiritualists (2015) 1 eksemplar
Review of Reviews (34:12) (204) 1 eksemplar
The Adventures of Reynard the Fox 1 eksemplar
Stead's Guide: The Passion Play at Oberammergau 1930, the Complete English Text of the Play (1930) 1 eksemplar
Nursery Rhymes (with original illustrations) 1 eksemplar
Events in British history 1 eksemplar
The Despised Sex (In Our Midst) 1 eksemplar
Review of Reviews (40:09) (237) 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997) — Bidragyder — 214 eksemplarer
The Last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes: With Elucidatory Notes to Which Are Added Some Chapters Describing… (1902) — nogle udgaver — 6 eksemplarer
The Future of War in Its Technical, Economic, and Political Relations (1899) — nogle udgaver — 5 eksemplarer
LibriVox Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Stead, William Thomas
- Andre navne
- Stead, W. T.
Stead, Wm. T. - Fødselsdato
- 1849-07-05
- Dødsdag
- 1912-04-15
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Embleton, Northumberland, England
- Dødssted
- At sea (following the wreck of the Titanic)
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- 179
- Popularitet
- #120,383
- Vurdering
- 3.5
- Anmeldelser
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- ISBN
- 51
A difficult volume to track down, no doubt owing to its more ephemeral nature as a magazine-published paperback, rather than a "proper" cloth-bound book, The Adventures of Reynard the Fox is quite fascinating. The style is something different from many of the other titles I considered for my masters dissertation, which examined three centuries of retellings of the Reynard story for children, in the Anglophone world. I wish I could have tracked down more of this kind of matter. Leaving that aside, this presents an interesting take on the Reynard story, from a moral perspective, arguing that this sort of thing - the bad guy winning - is true to life. The editor writes, in his foreword, that "the good people are not always triumphant, nor are the bad ones always punished," going on to maintain that if the animals had not behaved with weakness and selfishness, if they had not given way to their vanity, then "it would never have been in Reynard's power to lead them such a dance." This interpretation is quite interesting, when one considers the identity of the editor. William T. Stead - who, in an interesting historical footnote, perished when the Titanic sank in 1912 - was a journalist who often used his platform to argue for social reform, and it is tempting to think that his more cynical stance here, his position that sometimes the bad guys win, is the product of that work, and of his knowledge of the world. It is certainly a realistic position, and I found myself wondering, as I read, whether this perspective might not also represent a difference of experience and culture between the social classes. This sort of magazine-published pamphlet strikes me as something aimed more at working and lower middle-class children, as opposed to the beautifully-bound hardcover volumes no doubt intended for their more wealthy counterparts. Given that this is so, the difference in outlook makes sense, as working class children would have been far better acquainted with the essential unfairness of the world, than their upper-class peers.
As mentioned, this is a difficult little volume to track down, although I would recommend it (is it can be found) to those readers interested in children's Reynard retellings, or in late Victorian children's literature aimed at working class children.… (mere)