Author: John Toman
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 0718841778
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Kilvert's World of Wonders takes a fresh look at the Victorian era, one that does not turn away from the smoke stacks and crowded streets of popular imagining, but which sees them from the distance of the rural countryside. Though a countryman and lover of country ways, here the well know diarist is shown to be deeply stirred by what he saw as a society being changed and improved by science, technology, and by the liberal, enlightened ideas that were starting to circulate. The social changes seen by Kilvert resonated with the vision of progress that was imbued in him by his Victorian upbringing, and as a result his diaries can be seen as a response to these changes and not, as previous Kilvert scholarship suggests, as a simple record of country life. Toman's new work goes beyond the biographical and social realities of Kilvert's family by comparing them to almost twenty other middle-class families in order to show common factors in the familial experience of a rapidly changing society. At the heart of this re-evaluation of Kilvert's life and times is the theme of Wonder, various aspects of which are explored throughout. Away from the rapidly growing urban centres the effects of industrialisation are seen in a surprisingly positive light by Francis Kilvert, a fervent Christian coming to terms with the encroachments that science, scepticism and secularism were making upon religious faith and yet seeing all around him a 'world of wonders'.
Kilvert's World of Wonders
Author: John Toman
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 0718841778
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Kilvert's World of Wonders takes a fresh look at the Victorian era, one that does not turn away from the smoke stacks and crowded streets of popular imagining, but which sees them from the distance of the rural countryside. Though a countryman and lover of country ways, here the well know diarist is shown to be deeply stirred by what he saw as a society being changed and improved by science, technology, and by the liberal, enlightened ideas that were starting to circulate. The social changes seen by Kilvert resonated with the vision of progress that was imbued in him by his Victorian upbringing, and as a result his diaries can be seen as a response to these changes and not, as previous Kilvert scholarship suggests, as a simple record of country life. Toman's new work goes beyond the biographical and social realities of Kilvert's family by comparing them to almost twenty other middle-class families in order to show common factors in the familial experience of a rapidly changing society. At the heart of this re-evaluation of Kilvert's life and times is the theme of Wonder, various aspects of which are explored throughout. Away from the rapidly growing urban centres the effects of industrialisation are seen in a surprisingly positive light by Francis Kilvert, a fervent Christian coming to terms with the encroachments that science, scepticism and secularism were making upon religious faith and yet seeing all around him a 'world of wonders'.
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 0718841778
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Kilvert's World of Wonders takes a fresh look at the Victorian era, one that does not turn away from the smoke stacks and crowded streets of popular imagining, but which sees them from the distance of the rural countryside. Though a countryman and lover of country ways, here the well know diarist is shown to be deeply stirred by what he saw as a society being changed and improved by science, technology, and by the liberal, enlightened ideas that were starting to circulate. The social changes seen by Kilvert resonated with the vision of progress that was imbued in him by his Victorian upbringing, and as a result his diaries can be seen as a response to these changes and not, as previous Kilvert scholarship suggests, as a simple record of country life. Toman's new work goes beyond the biographical and social realities of Kilvert's family by comparing them to almost twenty other middle-class families in order to show common factors in the familial experience of a rapidly changing society. At the heart of this re-evaluation of Kilvert's life and times is the theme of Wonder, various aspects of which are explored throughout. Away from the rapidly growing urban centres the effects of industrialisation are seen in a surprisingly positive light by Francis Kilvert, a fervent Christian coming to terms with the encroachments that science, scepticism and secularism were making upon religious faith and yet seeing all around him a 'world of wonders'.
The Male Chauvinist's Cookbook
Author: Cory Kilvert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780916800000
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780916800000
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Francis Kilvert
Author: David Lockwood
Publisher: Border Lines
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher: Border Lines
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Kilvert's Diary
Author: Francis Kilvert
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1784875716
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Few have written more beautifully about the British countryside than Francis Kilvert. A country clergyman born in 1840, Kilvert spent much of his time visiting parishioners, walking the lanes and fields of Herefordshire and writing in his diary. Full of passionate delight in the natural world and the glory of the changing seasons, his diaries are as generous, spontaneous and vivacious as Kilvert himself. He is an irresistible companion. This new edition of William Plomer’s original selection contains new archival material as well as a fascinating introduction illuminating Kilvert’s world and the history of the diaries. ‘One of the best books in English’ Sunday Times 'Kilvert has touched and delighted (and mildly shocked) readers of his diaries ever since they were first published. New readers are in for a treat' Alan Bennett
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1784875716
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Few have written more beautifully about the British countryside than Francis Kilvert. A country clergyman born in 1840, Kilvert spent much of his time visiting parishioners, walking the lanes and fields of Herefordshire and writing in his diary. Full of passionate delight in the natural world and the glory of the changing seasons, his diaries are as generous, spontaneous and vivacious as Kilvert himself. He is an irresistible companion. This new edition of William Plomer’s original selection contains new archival material as well as a fascinating introduction illuminating Kilvert’s world and the history of the diaries. ‘One of the best books in English’ Sunday Times 'Kilvert has touched and delighted (and mildly shocked) readers of his diaries ever since they were first published. New readers are in for a treat' Alan Bennett
After Kilvert
Author: A. Laurence Le Quesne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Kilvert's diary
Author: Kilvert's diary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Kilvert the Victorian
Author: Robert Francis Kilvert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Kilvert's Diary, 1870-1879
Author: Robert Francis Kilvert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Kilvert's Cornish Diary
Author: Robert Francis Kilvert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Diary of Francis Kilvert
Author: Robert Francis Kilvert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description