LEADER 03129oam 2200661I 450 001 9910462936103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-01737-4 010 $a1-317-01738-2 010 $a1-315-55335-X 010 $a1-4094-7047-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315553351 035 $a(CKB)2670000000387518 035 $a(EBL)1217938 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000916298 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12468250 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916298 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10874950 035 $a(PQKB)11275733 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1217938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4426225 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4426225 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11489440 035 $a(OCoLC)1018161059 035 $a(OCoLC)958108486 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000387518 100 $a20180706e20162013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ritual culture of Victorian professionals $ecompeting for ceremonial status, 1838-1877 /$fAlbert D. Pionke 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 $a1-4094-7046-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aFocusing 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. 606 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aProfessions$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSocial classes$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aProfessions$xHistory 615 0$aSocial classes$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a820.9355 700 $aPionke$b Albert D.$f1974-,$0998509 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462936103321 996 $aThe ritual culture of Victorian professionals$92290604 997 $aUNINA