Victorian People and Ideas: A Companion for the Modern Reader of Victorian LiteratureThe reputation of the Victorian age in England has undergone many vicissitude, but it is now higher than ever. In this important new study, Richard D. Altick, moves us toward an understanding of the social, intellectual, and theological crises that Carlyle and Dickens, Tennyson and Arnold were daily struggling to solve. And the issues were many. Altick brings to the discussion of these complicated questions the lively and sensitive intelligence that his many readers have come to expect. He includes contemporary illustrations and a full reference index. |
Contents
THE LONGEST REIGN 18371901 | 1 |
ACTORS AND AUDIENCE | 17 |
TIME PLACE | 73 |
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