Altick, Richard D.

Victorian people and ideas : a companion for the modern reader of Victorian literature / Richard D. Altick - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1973 - xii, 324 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The longest reign -- II. The victorians: actors and audience -- III. The spirit of the age: time, place, and change -- IV. The utilitarian spirit -- V. The evngelical temper -- VI. Religious movements and crises -- VII. Democracy, industry, and culture -- VIII. The nature of art and its place in society.

This book is rather like one of those "Music Minus One" records of a concerto, in which the orchestral accompaniment is present but the solo instrument lacking.

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ENGLISH -- CIVILIZATION -- 19TH CENTURY

DA 533 .A48 1973