Britain in 1859: Custom, History, Modernity - Couverture souple

Marshall, Gail

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1009739018 ISBN 13 : 9781009739016

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

The year 1859 produced major works by writers including George Eliot, Charles Darwin, and Charles Dickens. They represent some of the greatest literary, political, social, and scientific achievements of the Victorian period, and have come to embody a substantial part of what we mean by the term 'Victorian'. In Britain in 1859: Custom, History, Modernity, these enduring texts are read alongside key events of the year; other significant publications from authors such as Collins, Smiles, Mill, Tennyson, and Beeton; and newspapers and periodicals. Gail Marshall reveals a year which was innovatory but also deeply conflicted about how to accommodate and acknowledge change within contemporary thought and practice. Custom, as the year's predominant and most readily available historical form, enabled the Victorians of 1859 to negotiate with the past as they faced the future.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gail Marshall is Professor of Victorian Literature and Culture and an Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Reading. She has previously worked at the Universities of Leeds, Leicester, and Oxford Brookes. She was recently Chair of University English. Britain in 1859: Custom, History, Modernity is her third monograph with Cambridge University Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009739018
• ISBN 13: 9781009739016
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 300
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