Labyrinths of deceit culture, modernity and identity in the nineteenth century
Prominent citizens in nineteenth-century England believed themselves to be living in a time of unstoppable progress. Yet running just beneath Victorian triumphalism were strong undercurrents of chaos and uncertainty. Richard Walker plumbs the depths of those currents in order to present an alternati...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Liverpool English texts and studies ;
44. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424525706719 |
| Sumario: | Prominent citizens in nineteenth-century England believed themselves to be living in a time of unstoppable progress. Yet running just beneath Victorian triumphalism were strong undercurrents of chaos and uncertainty. Richard Walker plumbs the depths of those currents in order to present an alternative history of nineteenth-century society. Mining literary and philosophical works of the period, Walker explores the crisis of identity that beset nineteenth-century thinkers and how that crisis revealed itself in portrayals of addiction, split personalities, and religious mania. Victorian England will never look the same. |
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| Notas: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781835534038 9781835534021 9781846315404 |
