New York Tribune.
(28 December 1890): 14
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Standard Name: Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Used Form: W. E. Lecky
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
's wide London circle included Walter Bagehot
, Frances Sarah Colenso
and her husband Bishop Colenso
(while they were home from Africa), Henry Fawcett
, Charles Kingsley
, W. E. H. Lecky
, Sir Charles Lyell |
| Friends, Associates | Emily Lawless | Lawless made a number of other friends, acquaintances, and admirers through her writing, including Margaret Oliphant
, an early friend and critic, Rhoda Broughton
, George Meredith
, Aubrey de Vere
, Mary Augusta Ward |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Frances Power Cobbe | This is a social progressivist argument, trading in chauvinistic notions of British cultural and racial superiority, and strongly dependent on the notion of inherited proclivities as well as faith in social systems as shapers of... |
| Literary responses | Frances Power Cobbe | After FPC
published her analysis of the impact of biblical criticism and science on orthodox Christianity in Dawning Lights, An Inquiry Concerning the Secular Results of the New Reformation in 1868, W. E. H. Lecky |
| Literary responses | Olive Schreiner | The book elicited strong reactions, most of them positive. It was highly praised by Philip Kent
, who wrote a long article about it instead of his usual shorter reviews in Life, a weekly... |
| Literary responses | Emily Lawless | First reviews of With Essex in Ireland were mixed. The New York Tribune felt the work to be uneven, partly on account of Harvey's narration and partly for lack of an adequately engaging plot. |
| Publishing | George Eliot | She contributed a few short non-fiction pieces to the Pall Mall Gazette after George Smith
started it up in 1865 with Lewes as advisor, and also that year wrote a long review of William Lecky |
| Textual Production | George Eliot | When G. H. Lewes
became editor of the Fortnightly Review, GE
contributed to the first issue, 15 May 1865, with a review entitled The Influence of Rationalism (on a recent book by William Lecky |
Timeline
26 March 1838: Historian William Edward Hartpole Lecky was...
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26 March 1838
Historian William Edward Hartpole Lecky
was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1993.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
1865: William Lecky published his popular History...
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1865
William Lecky
published his popular History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
March 1869: William Edward Hartpole Lecky published his...
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March 1869
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
published his History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, a treatise on morality and theology that sanctioned the sexual double standard.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
McHugh, Paul. Prostitution and Victorian Social Reform. 1980th ed., Croom Helm, 1980.
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Von Arx, Jeffrey Paul. Progress and Pessimism: Religion, Politics, and History in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain. Harvard University Press, 1985.
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Lecky, William Edward Hartpole. History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne. 3rd ed., Longmans, Green, 1911, http://University of Guelph Library.
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22 October 1903: William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian,...
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22 October 1903
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
, historian, died at Onslow Gardens, Kensington.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1993.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Texts
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole. History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne. 3rd ed., Longmans, Green, 1911, http://University of Guelph Library.