9780140150698

The Portable Victorian Reader

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780140150698

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THAT OSCAR WILDE AND CARLYLE, MACAULAYAND PATER, SAMUEL BUTLER AND CARDINAL NEWMAN CAN ALL BECALLED VICTORIANS INDICATES HOW WIDE A FIELD THE TERM EMBRACES. THE SELECTIONS IN THIS ANTHOLOGY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND ARRANGED FOR WHAT THEY TELL US OFTHAT SURPRISINGLY REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD - ITS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL OUTLOOK, ART, PHILOSOPHY, CUSTOMS - AS MUCH AS FOR THEIR PURELY LITERARY INTEREST. INCLUDED ARE SUBSTANTIAL, SELF-CONTAINED PASSAGES FROM THIRTY-SEVEN BRITISH AUTHORS: NOVELISTS, ESSAYISTS, HUMORISTS, SCIENTISTS, WRITERS ON RELIGION AND EDUCATION, WRITERS OF LEADERS FOR 'THE TIMES', LETTER-WRITERS, EVEN QUEEN VICTORIA HERSELF IN HER JOURNAL.

ISBN-13

9780140150698

ISBN-10

0140150692

Weight

1.04 Pounds

Dimensions

5.20 x 1.25 x 7.72 In

List Price

$16.95

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

704 pages

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published On

1976-10-28



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