1st Edition
The Victorian Period The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1830 - 1890
By Robin Gilmour
Copyright 1993
336 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is a thought-provoking synthesis of the Victorian period, focusing on the themes of science, religion, politics and art. It examines the developments which radically changed the intellectual climate and illustrates how their manifestations permeated Victorian literature. The author begins by establishing the social and institutional framework in which intellectual and cultural life... Read more
List of Plates Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. The Sense of Time and the Uses of History 2. Religion- Reform, Rejection, Reconstruction 3. Science- Re-Imagining the Universe 4. The Life of Ideas and the Culture of Politics 5. The Arts in an Industrial Age Postscript Chronology General Bibliographers Individual Authors Index
Biography
Robin Gilmour
