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Hatred & civility : the antisocial life in Victorian England /
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-sa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231503903 9780231503907 |