Bell
Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude
The result of a decade of study with the blessing and help of Bell's descendants, this is undoubtedly the most comprehensive and handsomely researched biography of Bell since C. D. MacKenzie's 1928 work. The author is no stylist but he has assimilated a massive amount of material into a coherent view of the man and his accomplishment. Bell's Scots forebears were strenuously devoted to the study of the spoken word. Grandfather Bell was a teacher of elocution by way of the stage and there has been speculation that his play The Bride had elements pointing to Shaw's Pygmalion; but Shaw in his preface paid tribute to Alexander's father Melville, w…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8014-9691-2
- EAN: 9780801496912
- Produktnummer: 19611466
- Verlag: Cornell University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Seitenangabe: 576 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D3.3 cm 28 g
- Gewicht: 28
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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