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Author: Ben Wilson Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9781594201165 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 482
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A history of pre-Victorian England cites the contributions of Romantic authors, profiles the role of imperialism, and traces Britain's influence as an economic and political power, likening elements of the period to those of today's world.
Author: Ben Wilson Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9781594201165 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 482
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A history of pre-Victorian England cites the contributions of Romantic authors, profiles the role of imperialism, and traces Britain's influence as an economic and political power, likening elements of the period to those of today's world.
Author: Leah Price Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691159548 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 360
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How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible? What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who hid behind the newspaper, ladies who matched their books' binding to their dress, and servants who reduced newspapers to fish 'n' chips wrap? Shedding new light on novels by Thackeray, Dickens, the Brontës, Trollope, and Collins, as well as the urban sociology of Henry Mayhew, Leah Price also uncovers the lives and afterlives of anonymous religious tracts and household manuals. From knickknacks to wastepaper, books mattered to the Victorians in ways that cannot be explained by their printed content alone. And whether displayed, defaced, exchanged, or discarded, printed matter participated, and still participates, in a range of transactions that stretches far beyond reading. Supplementing close readings with a sensitive reconstruction of how Victorians thought and felt about books, Price offers a new model for integrating literary theory with cultural history. How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain reshapes our understanding of the interplay between words and objects in the nineteenth century and beyond.
Author: Gertrude Himmelfarb Publisher: Knopf ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 342
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As the debate over values grows ever more divisive, one of the most eminent historians of the Victorian era reminds readers that values are no substitute for virtues--and that the Victorian considered hard work, thrift, respectability, and charity virtues essential to a worthwhile life
Author: James Eli Adams Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470672390 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 481
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Incorporating a broad range of contemporary scholarship, A History of Victorian Literature presents an overview of the literature produced in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900, with fresh consideration of both major figures and some of the era's less familiar authors. Part of the Blackwell Histories of Literature series, the book describes the development of the Victorian literary movement and places it within its cultural, social and political context. A wide-ranging narrative overview of literature in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900, capturing the extraordinary variety of literary output produced during this era Analyzes the development of all literary forms during this period - the novel, poetry, drama, autobiography and critical prose - in conjunction with major developments in social and intellectual history Considers the ways in which writers engaged with new forms of social responsibility in their work, as Britain transformed into the world's first industrial economy Offers a fresh perspective on the work of both major figures and some of the era’s less familiar authors Winner of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award, 2009
Author: John R. Gillis Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674961883 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 334
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Discusses ritual events we regard as family traditions and how they must be open to perpetual revision so we can satisfy our human needs and changing circumstances.
Author: Stephen Garton Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317489012 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 314
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This book presents the first assessment of one of the most rapidly expanding fields of research: the history of sexuality. From the early efforts of historians to work out a model for sexual history, to the extraordinary impact of French philosopher Michel Foucault, to the vigorous debates about essentialism and social constructionism, to the emergence of contemporary debates about historicism, queer theory, embodiment, gender and cultural history - we now have vast and diverse historical scholarship on sex and sexuality. 'Histories of Sexuality' highlights the key historical moments and issues: pederasty and cultures of male passivity in ancient Greece and Rome; the impact of early Christianity and ideals of renunciation on the sexual cultures of late antiquity; the sustained existence of homosexual cultures in medieval and renaissance Europe; the "invention" of homosexuality and heterosexuality in eighteenth century Europe and America; the truth behind Victorian sexual repression; the work of reformers and scientists such as Havelock Ellis, Marie Stopes, Stella Browne, Margaret Sanger, Alfred Kinsey, William Masters and Virginia Johnson.
Author: Drew D. Gray Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1441119299 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 289
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In 1888 London was the capital of the most powerful empire the world had ever known, and the largest city in Europe. In the west a new city was growing, populated by the middle classes, the epitome of 'Victorian values'. Across the city the situation was very different. The East End of London had long been considered a nether world, a dark and dangerous region outside the symbolic 'walls' of the original City. Using the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper as a focal point, this book explores prostitution, poverty, revolutionary politics, immigration, the creation of a criminal underclass and the development of policing. It also considers how the sensationalist 'new journalism' took the news of the Ripper murders to all corners of the Empire and to the United States. This is an important book for those interested in the history of Victorian Britain.
Author: Bernard Lightman Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 9780226481111 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 516
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Victorian Science in Context captures the essence of this fascination, charting the many ways in which science influenced and was influenced by the larger Victorian culture. Leading scholars in history, literature, and the history of science explore questions such as, What did science mean to the Victorians? For whom was Victorian science written? What ideological messages did it convey?
Author: Ben Wilson
Author: Ben Wilson
Author: Leah Price
Author: Gertrude Himmelfarb
Author: James Eli Adams
Author: John R. Gillis
Author: Stephen Garton
Author: Judith R. Walkowitz
Author: Drew D. Gray
Author: John Gardiner
Author: Bernard Lightman