Reform and Intellectual Debate in Victorian England

ISBN-13: 9781138638693 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 236 str.

Barbara Dennis;David Skilton;?Abar

Opis

First published in 1987. Readers of Victorian literature, both poetry and prose, are constantly aware of a powerful undercurrent of change - political, social, and intellectual - which determines the shape of the literature being produced. Topics covered include parliamentary reform, the Gentleman, religious debate and secular thought, education; leisure and attitudes to the arts, and the Woman Question. This title will be of interest to students of history.

Spis treści

Introduction;  1. Politics and Administration  2. The Gentleman  3. The Religious Debate  4. The Scientific Approach  5. The ‘Woman Question’  6. Education 7 . Leisure and the Arts;  Further Reading;  Index

O autorze

Barbara Dennis, David Skilton