An inside look at the 2002 Bodleian Library exhibition about Disraeli's extraordinary life.
Scenes from Disraeli’s Extraordinary Life: Curating the Bodleian 2004 Exhibition and Widening Its Reach
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Former modern political manuscripts curator at the Bodleian Library, Helen Langley revisits the 2002 exhibition on Disraeli's life at the Bodleian. She discusses its relationship to the accompanying book and the expanded online exhibition released in 2005, as well as some of the rewards and challenges of working with the Disraeli collection.
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The extraordinary career of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) forged intersections between political action, visionary leadership, creative achievement, and romantic self-invention. As a best-selling novelist, flamboyant dandy, notable wit, ethnic outsider, and icon of Conservative politics giving rise to a powerful political myth, his multifaceted public persona has become emblematically associated with various aspects of Victorian literary, political, visual, and material culture. Recent...
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