David Womersley

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David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Catherine's College. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Omfatter også følgende navne: D. P. Womersley, David P. Womersley, David Womersley, PhD

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James II: The Last Catholic King (2015) 59 eksemplarer

Liberty and American Experience in the Eighteenth Century (2006) — Redaktør — 29 eksemplarer

Restoration Drama: An Anthology (2000) — Redaktør — 27 eksemplarer

Augustan Critical Writing (Penguin Classics) (1997) — Redaktør — 23 eksemplarer

Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and his Reputation, 1776-1815 (2002) 16 eksemplarer

The Transformation of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1988) 12 eksemplarer

Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings (21st-Century Oxford Authors) (2020) — Redaktør — 10 eksemplarer

A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake (2001) — Redaktør — 7 eksemplarer

Divinity and State (2010) 5 eksemplarer

Writings on Standing Armies (2020) — Redaktør — 4 eksemplarer

Restoration Comedy (Blackwell Essential Literature) (2002) 3 eksemplarer

Edward Gibbon : bicentenary essays (1997) — Redaktør — 3 eksemplarer

"Cultures of Whiggism" : new essays on English literature and culture in the long eighteenth century (2005) — Redaktør — 3 eksemplarer

Literary Milieux: Essays in Text and Context, Presented to Howard Erskine-Hill (2008) — Redaktør — 1 eksemplar

Religious scepticism : contemporary responses to Gibbon (1997) 1 eksemplar

Sir Thomas More’s History of King Richard III: a new theory of the English texts 1 eksemplar

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vol. 2 [Penguin Classics] (1996) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver — 274 eksemplarer

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Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature (2007) — Bidragyder — 90 eksemplarer

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Reflections on the Rise & Fall of the Ancient Republics: Adapted to the Present State of Great Britain (2015) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver — 16 eksemplarer

The Cambridge Companion to Edward Gibbon (2018) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer

The Isle of Pines and Plato Redivivus (Thomas Hollis Library) (2021) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver — 6 eksemplarer

An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times and Other Writings (Thomas Hollis Library) (2019) — Redaktør — 4 eksemplarer

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Nationalitet: UK
Erhverv: Professor (English Literature)
Organisationer: University of Oxford (St. Catherine's College)

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James II : the last Catholic king af David Womersley

One of Penguin's biographies of British monarchs. Without overlooking the breadth of the subject this is merely a glimpse of James II's short turbulent reign from 1685-1688. As Duke of York (for which New York is named) James was influential before succeeding to the throne when his brother Charles II died without children. But the joy of the still fresh Restoration abated when The "Popish Plot" and James' secret conversion to Catholicism gave rise to the political Exclusion Crisis that, although it failed, ushered in new political tactics. When William, Prince of Orange, was invited by nobles to come to England with an army, prepared to invade, James II effectively abdicated when he declined to attack the invading army. Womersley's sources include historians of the period including some interesting comments by Samuel Pepys.

This is an excellent summary that would serve well as a starting point for further study of a fascinating era.… (mere)