Hatred & civility
the antisocial life in Victorian England
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Publication
2004 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
57,000 words, Guess
Page Count
228 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3688559M
- ISBN-100231130643
- OCLC Control Number52430846
- OCLC Control Numberhatredcivilityan00lane_056
- Library of Congress Control Number2003055146
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- Goodreads648459
- LibraryThing318383
Classifications
- DDC823/.809353
- LCCPR468.M56 L36 2004
Alternate Titles
- Hatred and civility
Description
"To understand hatred and incivility 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 vision 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."--Jacket.
First Sentence
TWENTY-ONE YEARS OLD, intent on writing a "History of the British Public," Edward Lytton Bulwer feared in 1824 that the destruction of social values, including sympathy, would spawn widespread misery.
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