03493nam 2200769 a 450 991082546560332120210616220527.00-231-50390-310.7312/lane13064(CKB)1000000000445313(EBL)991276(OCoLC)213305898(SSID)ssj0000169126(PQKBManifestationID)11183852(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169126(PQKBWorkID)10211219(PQKB)10601645(DE-B1597)459037(OCoLC)979573785(DE-B1597)9780231503907(Au-PeEL)EBL991276(CaPaEBR)ebr10183383(CaONFJC)MIL853754(MiAaPQ)EBC991276(EXLCZ)99100000000044531320030602d2004 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrHatred & civility the antisocial life in Victorian England /Christopher LaneNew York Columbia University Pressc20041 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-13065-1 0-231-13064-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexTo 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.English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismMisanthropy in literatureLiterature and societyEnglandHistory19th centuryAlienation (Social psychology) in literatureInterpersonal relations in literatureManners and customs in literatureCourtesy in literatureHate in literatureEnglandSocial life and customs19th centuryGreat BritainHistoryVictoria, 1837-1901English literatureHistory and criticism.Misanthropy in literature.Literature and societyHistoryAlienation (Social psychology) in literature.Interpersonal relations in literature.Manners and customs in literature.Courtesy in literature.Hate in literature.823/.809353Lane Christopher1966-1594785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825465603321Hatred & civility4001470UNINA