Eccentrics. (Reviews).(Brief Article)

Contemporary Review | June 1, 2002 | Copyright

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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