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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462936103321

Autore

Pionke Albert D. <1974-, >

Titolo

The ritual culture of Victorian professionals : competing for ceremonial status, 1838-1877 / / Albert D. Pionke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-01737-4

1-317-01738-2

1-315-55335-X

1-4094-7047-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

820.9355

Soggetti

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Professions - England - History - 19th century

Social classes - England - History - 19th century

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Citations; Introduction; 1 Education as a Rite of Privilege: Oxbridge Preprofessionalism; 2 Swearing Your Way to Sacred Status: Oath Taking in Professional Creation Ceremonies; 3 Litigious Prestige: Rituals of Law as Fact and Fiction; 4 Rituals of Election: Contesting Parliamentary Authority; 5 A Ritual Failure: The Eglinton Tournament in Context; Epilogue: Learning Professionalism for Today; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the middle decades of the nineteenth century, Pionke's book historicizes the relationship of ritual, class and public status in Victorian England. Through analysis of magazines, court cases, law books, manuals and works by authors that include William Makepeace Thackeray, Thomas Hughes, Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Pionke's book excavates Victorian professionals' vital ritual culture and writers' place in the zero-sum contest for professional status.