03129oam 2200661I 450 991046293610332120200520144314.01-317-01737-41-317-01738-21-315-55335-X1-4094-7047-410.4324/9781315553351 (CKB)2670000000387518(EBL)1217938(SSID)ssj0000916298(PQKBManifestationID)12468250(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916298(PQKBWorkID)10874950(PQKB)11275733(MiAaPQ)EBC1217938(MiAaPQ)EBC4426225(Au-PeEL)EBL4426225(CaPaEBR)ebr11489440(OCoLC)1018161059(OCoLC)958108486(EXLCZ)99267000000038751820180706e20162013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ritual culture of Victorian professionals competing for ceremonial status, 1838-1877 /Albert D. PionkeLondon :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (228 p.)First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.1-4094-7046-6 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.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; IndexFocusing 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.Literature and societyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryProfessionsEnglandHistory19th centurySocial classesEnglandHistory19th centuryEnglish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismElectronic books.Literature and societyHistoryProfessionsHistorySocial classesHistoryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.820.9355Pionke Albert D.1974-,998509MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462936103321The ritual culture of Victorian professionals2290604UNINA