An important and stimulating volume surveying changing attitudes towards the Victorians in academia and popular culture in the twentieth century. Essential reading for students of Victorian Studies, Modern History and Cultural Studies.
An important and stimulating volume surveying changing attitudes towards the Victorians in academia and popular culture in the twentieth century. Essential reading for students of Victorian Studies, Modern History and Cultural Studies.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Miles Taylor is Professor of Modern British History at the University of Southampton. Michael Wolff is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Michael Wolff Introduction Miles Taylor PART I: HISTORIES 1. Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians: The Rise and Fall of the Intellectual Aristocracy William C. Lubenow 2. The Bleak Age: J.H. Clapham, the Hammonds and the standard of living in Victorian Britain Stewart Weaver 3. Victorian Prime Ministers: Changing Patterns of Commemoration Michael Bentley 4. Quiller Couch, the Function of Victorian Literature and Modernism, 1890 1930 Michelle Hawley 5. G. M. Young and the Early Victorian Revival Miles Taylor 6. Culture or Society ?: Victorian Studies, 1951 64 Martin Hewitt PART II: REPRESENTATIONS 7. Industrialisation and Catastrophe: The Victorian Economy in British Film Documentary, 1930 50 Timothy Boon 8. The Revival of Interest in Victorian Decorative Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum Anthony Burton 9. 'No Glorious Assurance': The 1951 Festival of Britain looks at the Victorian past Becky Conekin 10. The BBC and the Victorians James Thompson 11. Theme Park Victoriana John Gardiner 12. The Victorians at School: the Victorian era in the 20th century curriculum Eric Evans PART III: REVISIONS 13. Victorian Studies in the Digital Age Patrick Leary 14. Victorian Studies in North America Christopher Kent 15. The State of Victorian Studies in Australia and New Zealand Miles Fairburn 16. Victorian Studies in the UK Helen Rogers Timeline of Victorian Studies Index
Preface Michael Wolff Introduction Miles Taylor PART I: HISTORIES 1. Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians: The Rise and Fall of the Intellectual Aristocracy William C. Lubenow 2. The Bleak Age: J.H. Clapham, the Hammonds and the standard of living in Victorian Britain Stewart Weaver 3. Victorian Prime Ministers: Changing Patterns of Commemoration Michael Bentley 4. Quiller Couch, the Function of Victorian Literature and Modernism, 1890 1930 Michelle Hawley 5. G. M. Young and the Early Victorian Revival Miles Taylor 6. Culture or Society ?: Victorian Studies, 1951 64 Martin Hewitt PART II: REPRESENTATIONS 7. Industrialisation and Catastrophe: The Victorian Economy in British Film Documentary, 1930 50 Timothy Boon 8. The Revival of Interest in Victorian Decorative Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum Anthony Burton 9. 'No Glorious Assurance': The 1951 Festival of Britain looks at the Victorian past Becky Conekin 10. The BBC and the Victorians James Thompson 11. Theme Park Victoriana John Gardiner 12. The Victorians at School: the Victorian era in the 20th century curriculum Eric Evans PART III: REVISIONS 13. Victorian Studies in the Digital Age Patrick Leary 14. Victorian Studies in North America Christopher Kent 15. The State of Victorian Studies in Australia and New Zealand Miles Fairburn 16. Victorian Studies in the UK Helen Rogers Timeline of Victorian Studies Index
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