Hatred & civility [[electronic resource] ] : the antisocial life in Victorian England / / Christopher Lane
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| Autore: |
Lane Christopher <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Hatred & civility [[electronic resource] ] : the antisocial life in Victorian England / / Christopher Lane
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 823/.809353 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | England Social life and customs 19th century |
| Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 literature--and its journalism, sermons, poems, and plays--where villains, hypocrites, murderers, and cheats of all types abound. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hatred & civility |
| ISBN: | 0-231-50390-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777006503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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