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Lane Christopher <1966-> |
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Titolo |
Hatred & civility [[electronic resource] ] : the antisocial life in Victorian England / / Christopher Lane |
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Misanthropy in literature |
Literature and society - England - History - 19th century |
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature |
Interpersonal relations in literature |
Manners and customs in literature |
Courtesy in literature |
Hate in literature |
England Social life and customs 19th century |
Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: Victorian Hatred, a Social Evil and a Social Good -- 1. Bulwer's Misanthropes and the Limits of Victorian Sympathy -- 2. Dickensian Malefactors -- 3. Charlotte Brontë on the Pleasure of Hating -- 4. George Eliot and Enmity -- 5. Life Envy in Robert Browning's Poetry -- 6. Joseph Conrad and the Illusion of Solidarity -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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literature--and its journalism, sermons, poems, and plays--where villains, hypocrites, murderers, and cheats of all types abound. |
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