| Description |
xvii, 467 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Yale paperbound |
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Yale paperbound.
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| Contents |
Character of the age. The state of society ; The state of the human mind -- Optimism. Reconstruction and history : the revival of hope ; Two utopias of science : great expectations ; Applied science and bigger business : pride and complacency ; Liberation from the burdens of the past : relief and joy -- Anxiety. Fear of revolution ; The danger of atheism ; Worry and fatigue ; The strain of Puritanism ; Ennui and doubt ; Isolation, loneliness, and nostalgia -- The critical spirit -- and the will to believe. Rise of the critical spirit ; The will to believe ; Recoil to authority ; Reliance on authority ; Tension -- Anti-intellectualism. Business ; Democracy, evangelicalism, and doubt -- Dogmatism. Opportunity for the ego ; The rationale of infallibility ; The attraction of dogmatism -- rigidity. Sectarian fervor ; Puritan judgment ; The need for rigidity ; The open and flexible mind -- The commercial spirit. Respectability ; The bourgeois dream ; Success -- The worship of force. Machines and men ; The squirearchy ; The major prophet ; Darwinism, chauvinism, racism ; Puritanism ; Disillusion -- Earnestness. Intellectual earnestness ; Moral earnestness and the religious crisis ; Moral earnestness and the social crisis ; Work -- Enthusiasm. Idealism and the education of the feelings ; Sympathy and benevolence ; Nobility ; Self-development ; Aspiration without an object ; Moral optimism -- Hero worship. Messiah ; Revelation ; Moral inspiration ; Patriotism ; Politics ; Compensation -- Love. Home, sweet home ; Woman ; Sex ; Love -- Hypocrisy. Conformity ; Moral pretension ; Evasion ; Anti-hypocrisy |
| Summary |
The emotional and intellectual attitudes of the Victorian era are carefully scrutinized |
| Analysis |
Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 |
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Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century |
| Notes |
Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-444) and index |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Civilization -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043278
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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043324
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United Kingdom -- Civilization -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056625
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United Kingdom -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056619
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823
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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056856
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| LC no. |
57006339 |
| ISBN |
0300001223 (paperback) |
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0300005725 |
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