Eminent victorians

• Date de parution : 10/05/2006
• Editeur : Oxford Up Elt
• EAN : 9780192801586
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : (-)
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• Genre : Histoire
• Thème : Histoire Essais
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

"Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the selfseeking ambitions of Cardinal... Voir plus

"Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the selfseeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, his quarries are not only his subjects but also the publicschool system and the whole structure of nineteenthcentury liberal values.