The Victorian eighteenth century : an intellectual history / B.W. Young.
The Victorian eighteenth century : an intellectual history / B.W. Young.
The Victorian eighteenth century : an intellectual history / B.W. Young.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.
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N941.081/89
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 190 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Carlyle and the 'distracted century' -- Carlyle, Friedrich, and the 'bastard heroic' -- Gibbon, Newman, and the religious accuracy of the historian -- The Stephen family and the eighteenth century -- Hanoverian hauntings.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"This book explores the diverse responses of key Victorian writers and thinkers, Thomas Carlyle, John Henry Newman, Leslie Stephen, Vernon Lee, and M. R. James to a period which commanded their interest throughout the Victorian era, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the opening decades of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Victorian eighteenth century : an intellectual history / B.W. Young.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N941.081/89
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74VKz4MEyWwy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKz4MEyWwy
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ISBN
0199256225 (hbk.) :
9780199256228 (hbk.) :
DDC
941.081
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991023578109702626
