1852853859 
Hardback The Victorians : an age in retrospect / John Gardiner.
Publication year: 2002
Language: English
Media type Hardback
Publisher: Hambledon and London,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781852853853 (hbk.) :
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-277) and index.
Extent: xii, 292 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsim., ports. ; 24 cm.
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Ever since Lytton Strachey mocked Thomas Arnold, Florence Nightingale and General Gordon in Eminent Victorians, the reputation of the Victorians and what they stood for has provoked vigorous debate. 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 where 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 twentieth century. Different social, political and aesthetic values, two world wards, youth culture, nostalgia, new historical trends and the heritage industry have all affected the way we see the age and its men and women.
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