Project Gutenberg 2009-12-23 Public domain in the USA. 118 Disraeli, Isaac 1766 1848 D'Israeli, I. (Isaac) Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield 1804 1881 Disraeli, B. (Benjamin), Earl of Beaconsfield Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Katherine Ward, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Calamities and Quarrels of Authors" by Isaac Disraeli is a literary exploration written in the early 19th century. The work delves into the tribulations faced by authors throughout history, discussing their struggles with poverty, lack of recognition, and the often tumultuous relationships between writers and their patrons. Disraeli not only examines the challenges of authorship but also reflects on the broader cultural and historical context of literary endeavors. The opening of the text serves as a preface, outlining Disraeli's intention to explore the various calamitous fates of authors. He cites past writers and references their lamentations about the hardships of being an author, such as Pierius Valerianus and Theophilus Spizelius. Through a variety of examples and anecdotes, the author reveals a sobering truth: despite their genius and contributions to society, many authors live in obscurity and financial despair, often questioning the very worth of their endeavors in the world of literature. The introduction sets a tone of empathy for these literary figures while suggesting that their struggles are both timely and timeless, relevant to both past and contemporary readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Authors, English -- Biography Literary quarrels PN Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 1771943 1771966 2024-09-13T06:48:25.951343 2023-09-13T11:34:48.486090 text/html text/html 1817434 2021-01-05T23:38:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 645007 2021-01-05T23:38:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 720983 2024-09-13T06:48:53.306205 application/epub+zip 760139 2024-09-13T06:48:30.143328 application/epub+zip 760138 2024-09-13T06:48:27.905311 application/epub+zip 1353163 2024-09-13T06:49:07.709106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1384716 2024-09-13T06:48:51.114232 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1384720 2022-09-14T08:05:23.695852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1545578 2024-09-13T06:48:21.602347 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1545400 2021-01-05T23:38:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 600968 2021-01-05T23:38:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1545166 2021-01-05T23:38:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 600590 2021-01-05T23:38:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1545316 2021-01-05T23:38:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 600323 2021-01-05T23:38:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22296 2024-09-13T06:49:07.885128 application/rdf+xml 19792 2024-09-13T06:48:28.422306 image/jpeg 4671 2024-09-13T06:48:28.165312 image/jpeg 699137 2024-09-13T06:48:26.089341 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia