Victorians
W W Norton · Hardcover · January 1, 2003
A revisionist panorama of the nineteenth century examines the era's material and spiritual changes in the wake of emerging British capitalism and imperialism, as told through the writings of such figures as Darwin, Marks, George Eliot, and Kipling.
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- Who it’s for
- A revisionist panorama connects nineteenth-century material and spiritual change with the writers who witnessed it.
- Genres
- Victorian Britain (1837-1901), 19th-Century History, 19th-Century Literary Criticism
- Published
- W W Norton, January 1, 2003
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Reading an Era
A revisionist panorama connects nineteenth-century material and spiritual change with the writers who witnessed it.
Come here for
- Victorian change viewed through its writers
- A fresh angle on capitalism and empire
Expect
- History and literature in close conversation
- Capitalism and imperialism alongside spiritual change
Where it sits
| Victorian Britain (1837-1901) | 99% |
|---|---|
| 19th-Century Literary Criticism | 51% |
| 19th-Century History | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History
- Authors
- A. N. Wilson
- Publisher
- W W Norton
- Published
- January 1, 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- History