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Biografisk notat
Stephanie Barczewski is professor of history at Clemson University and the author of Titanic: A Night Remembered, among other books. She lives in Greenville, SC.
“The author has hit on a rich and fascinating subject…<i>Heroic Failure</i> has some sharp truths to tell about Victorian Britain”—John Carey, <i>Sunday Times </i>
- Sunday Times, John Carey
“A psychological history. Barczewski maps out trends in British thought and intertwines conjecture about where they have come from... I enjoyed the quest of it; and something about Barczewski evident and fervent anglophilia almost left me feeling quite proud of being Britis.h”—Hugo Rifkind,<i> Times</i>
- Hugo Rifkind, The Times
“Stephanie Barczewski, with all the post-colonial detachment that comes naturally to an American academic, gives a long and stirring list… she retells the old heroic tales with a narrative touch and a delicate irony which avoids condescension.”—Ferdinand Mount, <i>London Review of Books</i>
- Ferdinand Mount, London Review of Books
“An entertaining and well-written book.”—Jad Adams, <i>History Today</i>
- Jad Adams, History Today
“The author has hit on a rich and fascinating subject…<i>Heroic Failure</i> has some sharp truths to tell about Victorian Britain”—John Carey, <i>Sunday Times </i>
- Sunday Times, John Carey
“A psychological history. Barczewski maps out trends in British thought and intertwines conjecture about where they have come from... I enjoyed the quest of it; and something about Barczewski evident and fervent anglophilia almost left me feeling quite proud of being Britis.h”—Hugo Rifkind,<i> Times</i>
- Hugo Rifkind, The Times
“Stephanie Barczewski, with all the post-colonial detachment that comes naturally to an American academic, gives a long and stirring list… she retells the old heroic tales with a narrative touch and a delicate irony which avoids condescension.”—Ferdinand Mount, <i>London Review of Books</i>
- Ferdinand Mount, London Review of Books
“An entertaining and well-written book.”—Jad Adams, <i>History Today</i>
- Jad Adams, History Today