ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |19 pages
Introduction
part 1|30 pages
Politics and Administration
part 2|27 pages
The Gentleman
part 3|31 pages
The Religious Debate
part 4|23 pages
The Scientific Approach
part 5|34 pages
The ‘Woman Question'
part 6|28 pages
Education
part 7|20 pages
Leisure and the Arts