The Great American Gentleman William Byrd Of Westover In Virginia
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The Great American Gentleman
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Author : William Byrd
language : en
Publisher: New York : Putnam
Release Date : 1963
The Great American Gentleman written by William Byrd and has been published by New York : Putnam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Virginia Social life and customs To 1775 categories.
The Commonplace Book Of William Byrd Ii Of Westover
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Author : Kevin Joel Berland
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2012-12-01
The Commonplace Book Of William Byrd Ii Of Westover written by Kevin Joel Berland and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-01 with History categories.
William Byrd II (1674-1744) was an important figure in the history of colonial Virginia: a founder of Richmond, an active participant in Virginia politics, and the proprietor of one of the colony's greatest plantations. But Byrd is best known today for his diaries. Considered essential documents of private life in colonial America, they offer readers an unparalleled glimpse into the world of a Virginia gentleman. This book joins Byrd's Diary, Secret Diary, and other writings in securing his reputation as one of the most interesting men in colonial America. Edited and presented here for the first time, Byrd's commonplace book is a collection of moral wit and wisdom gleaned from reading and conversation. The nearly six hundred entries range in tone from hope to despair, trust to dissimulation, and reflect on issues as varied as science, religion, women, Alexander the Great, and the perils of love. A ten-part introduction presents an overview of Byrd's life and addresses such topics as his education and habits of reading and his endeavors to understand himself sexually, temperamentally, and religiously, as well as the history and cultural function of commonplacing. Extensive annotations discuss the sources, background, and significance of the entries.
The Secret Diary Of William Byrd Of Westover 1709 1712
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Author : William Byrd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941
The Secret Diary Of William Byrd Of Westover 1709 1712 written by William Byrd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Virginia categories.
The Great American Gentleman William Byrd Of Westover In Virginia
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Author : William Byrd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The Great American Gentleman William Byrd Of Westover In Virginia written by William Byrd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Virginia categories.
The biography of William Byrd, hailed as the American Pepys reveals the life of a great gentleman in early America and a rich slice of what the country was really like in the early 1700's.
The Writings Of Colonel William Byrd Of Westover In Virginia Esqr
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Author : William Byrd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Writings Of Colonel William Byrd Of Westover In Virginia Esqr written by William Byrd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Family & Relationships categories.
The Dividing Line Histories Of William Byrd Ii Of Westover
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Author : William Byrd
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2013
The Dividing Line Histories Of William Byrd Ii Of Westover written by William Byrd and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Dividing Line Histories of William Byrd II of Westover
Writings Of William Byrd Of Westover In Virginia
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Author : William Byrd
language : en
Publisher:
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The Diary And Life Of William Byrd Ii Of Virginia 1674 1744
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Author : Kenneth A. Lockridge
language : en
Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
Release Date : 1987
The Diary And Life Of William Byrd Ii Of Virginia 1674 1744 written by Kenneth A. Lockridge and has been published by Omohundro Institute and Unc Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This eloquent and provocative essay describes the emergence of a Virginia gentleman. Sent to England for an education, William Byrd II soon learned to emulate the ideals of English gentility. In 1704 the thirty-year-old Byrd inherited his father's estates in Virginia, but he lived in England for much of the next twenty-five years pursuing his political ambitions. Thwarted in his efforts to obtain either the position to which he aspired or a wealthy bride, Byrd finally faced personal and financial ruin. Only then did he come to be both literally and figuratively at home in Virginia. The story is told through Kenneth Lockridge's compelling reading of a seemingly intractable source: Byrd's secret diaries. Drawing upon psychohistory, social psychology, cultural anthropology, and literary criticism, Lockridge relates the narrative of a single life, of a person struggling for realization within the context of a Virginia aristocracy itself striving for a mature conception of its role. He captures the essence of what it was to become a Virginia gentleman, and the terrible price leading Virginians paid for the eventual success of their class. In the process, Lockridge demonstrates how a close reading of literary texts can reveal large historical themes. He explores the politics of the eighteenth-century colonial and imperial world and reveals the exact moment at which a matured colonial gentry seized the initiative from its British masters -- fifty years before the Revolution.
William Byrd Of Westover 1674 1744
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Author : Pierre Marambaud
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 1971
William Byrd Of Westover 1674 1744 written by Pierre Marambaud and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
William Byrd Of Westover
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Author : Richmond Croom Beatty
language : en
Publisher: Archon Books
Release Date : 1932
William Byrd Of Westover written by Richmond Croom Beatty and has been published by Archon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Biography & Autobiography categories.