William T. Stead (1849–1912)
Autor von Real Ghost Stories
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Werke von 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 Exemplare
The Welsh Revival & The Story of The Welsh Revival: As Told by Eyewitnesses Together With a Sketch of Evan Roberts and… (2015) 6 Exemplare
Hymns That Have Helped 3 Exemplare
The Welsh Revival (Narrative of Facts - W. T. Stead, Source and Power - G. Campbell Morgan) (2012) 3 Exemplare
AFTER DEATH: A Personal Narrative ( New and Enlarged Edition of "Letters from Julia" ) (1914) 2 Exemplare
the key to communication 2 Exemplare
Review of Reviews (34:06) (234) 2 Exemplare
Gemeenschap met het hiernamaals 2 Exemplare
The penny poets.-- XIX The Poems of John Keats. Volume V. The Masterpiece Library — Herausgeber — 1 Exemplar
Borderland Vol II 1 Exemplar
Borderland Vol I 1 Exemplar
After Death; A Peronal Narrative 1 Exemplar
Review of reviews (London) 1 Exemplar
after death 1 Exemplar
life eternal 1 Exemplar
Annie Besant : A Character Sketch, 1891 1 Exemplar
Stead's Guide: The Passion Play at Oberammergau 1930, the Complete English Text of the Play (1930) 1 Exemplar
The Adventures of Reynard the Fox 1 Exemplar
Real Ghost Stories, pp. 1-255 1 Exemplar
After Death; Or Letters from Julia. A Personal Narrative. A Work of Priceless Value to Spiritualists (2015) 1 Exemplar
Review of Reviews (34:12) (204) 1 Exemplar
Review of Reviews (41:01) (241) 1 Exemplar
The Despised Sex (In Our Midst) 1 Exemplar
Nursery Rhymes (with original illustrations) 1 Exemplar
Events in British history 1 Exemplar
Review of Reviews (40:09) (237) 1 Exemplar
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales [Oxford World's Classics] (2006) — Mitwirkender — 602 Exemplare
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997) — Mitwirkender — 214 Exemplare
The Last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes: With Elucidatory Notes to Which Are Added Some Chapters Describing… (1902) — einige Ausgaben — 6 Exemplare
The Future of War in Its Technical, Economic, and Political Relations (1899) — einige Ausgaben — 5 Exemplare
LibriVox Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035 — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Stead, William Thomas
- Andere Namen
- Stead, W. T.
Stead, Wm. T. - Geburtstag
- 1849-07-05
- Todestag
- 1912-04-15
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Embleton, Northumberland, England
- Sterbeort
- At sea (following the wreck of the Titanic)
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- Bewertung
- 3.5
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- 4
- ISBNs
- 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.… (mehr)