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Victorian people and ideas : a companion for the modern reader of Victorian literature /Richard D. Altick

By: Richard D. AltickContributor(s): Richard D. AltickMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: Raghav Books Private Limited | ;A-184 A,Nand Gram,Ghaziabad,U.P.Publication details: New York :W. W. Norton & Company , 1973Description: xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: 9780393093766Subject(s): HistoryGenre/Form: ;CivilizationDDC classification: 941.081 ALT

Contents:

The longest reign (1837-1901) The Victorians : actors and audience The spirit of the age : time, place, and change The utilitarian spirit The evangelical temper Religious movements and crises Democracy, industry, and culture The nature of art and its place in society Progress of a reputation

Summary: The reputation of the Victorian age in England has undergone many vicissitude, but it is now higher than ever. In this important new study, Richard D. Altick, moves us toward an understanding of the social, intellectual, and theological crises that Carlyle and Dickens, Tennyson and Arnold were daily struggling to solve. And the issues were many. Altick brings to the discussion of these complicated questions the lively and sensitive intelligence that his many readers have come to expect. He includes contemporary illustrations and a full reference index.

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The longest reign (1837-1901)
The Victorians : actors and audience
The spirit of the age : time, place, and change
The utilitarian spirit
The evangelical temper
Religious movements and crises
Democracy, industry, and culture
The nature of art and its place in society
Progress of a reputation

The reputation of the Victorian age in England has undergone many vicissitude, but it is now higher than ever. In this important new study, Richard D. Altick, moves us toward an understanding of the social, intellectual, and theological crises that Carlyle and Dickens, Tennyson and Arnold were daily struggling to solve. And the issues were many. Altick brings to the discussion of these complicated questions the lively and sensitive intelligence that his many readers have come to expect. He includes contemporary illustrations and a full reference index.

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