Ebook: Hatred and Civility: the Antisocial Life in Victorian England
Author: Lane Christopher
- Tags: Alienation (Social psychology) in literature, Criticism, Criticism--European, English literature, English literature--19th century--History and criticism, Literature and society, Literature and society--England--History--19th century, Manners and customs, Misanthropy in literature, Criticism interpretation etc., History, England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century, English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism, Great Britain -- History -- Victoria 1837-1901, Criticism -- European -- En
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- City: England;Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
To understand hatred and civility in today's world, argues Christopher Lane, we should start with Victorian fiction. Although the word "Victorian" generally brings to mind images of prudish sexuality and well-heeled snobbery, it has above all become synonymous with self-sacrifice, earnest devotion, and moral rectitude. Yet this idealized version of Victorian England is surprisingly scarce in the period's literature--and its journalism, sermons, poems, and plays--where villains, hypocrites, murderers, and cheats of all types abound.
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