| Description |
1 online resource (197 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Citations; Introduction; 1 Education as a Rite of Privilege: Oxbridge Preprofessionalism; 2 Swearing Your Way to Sacred Status: Oath Taking in Professional Creation Ceremonies; 3 Litigious Prestige: Rituals of Law as Fact and Fiction; 4 Rituals of Election: Contesting Parliamentary Authority; 5 A Ritual Failure: The Eglinton Tournament in Context; Epilogue: Learning Professionalism for Today; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Focusing on the middle decades of the nineteenth century, Pionke's book historicizes the relationship of ritual, class and public status in Victorian England. Through analysis of magazines, court cases, law books, manuals and works by authors that include William Makepeace Thackeray, Thomas Hughes, Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Pionke's book excavates Victorian professionals' vital ritual culture and writers' place in the zero-sum contest for professional status |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature-19th century-History and criticism
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Literature and society-Great Britain-History-19th century
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Professions-England-History-19th century
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Social classes-England-History-19th century
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317017370 |
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1317017374 |
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