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Article: Eccentrics. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Eccentrics. John Joliffe. Duckworth. [pounds sterling]18.00. 184 pages. ISBN 0-7156-3050-4. Britain has long seen itself as a nation tolerant of eccentrics if not as a land which breeds them. The author excludes those who are self-consciously eccentric or whose eccentricity is studied or not subject to some self-discipline. The author has selected eleven groups of whom some, such as 'Lewis Carroll', William Beckford, or William Blake would be widely known while others, such as Lady Hester Stanhope, ...
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