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Victorians - An Age in Retrospect (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
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Victorians - An Age in Retrospect (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
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Who were the Victorians? Were they self-confident imperialists
secure in the virtues of the home, and ruled by the values of
authority, duty, religion and respectability? Or were they
self-doubting and hypocritical prudes whose family life was
authoritarian and loveless? Ever since Lytton Strachey mocked
Florence Nightingale and General Gordon in Eminent Victorians, the
reputation of the Victorians, and of what they stood for, has been
the subject of vigorous debate.
John Gardiner provides a fascinating guide to the changing
reputation of the Victorians during the 20th century. Different
social, political, and aesthetic values, two world wars, youth
culture, nostalgia, new historical trends and the heritage industry
have all affected the way we see the age and its men and women. The
second half of the book shows how radically biographical accounts
have changed over the last 100 years, exemplified by four
archetypical Victorians: Charles Dickens, W.E. Gladstone, Oscar
Wilde, and Queen Victoria herself.
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