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This is the first book to explore how pessimism could be the psychological basis for the Victorians' progressive conception of history. Throughout, von Arx skillfully interweaves threads of religion, politics, and history, showing how ideas in one sphere cannot be understood without reference to the others.

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* The Sources of Victorian Pessimism * Leslie Stephen: Inventing the Progressive Tradition * W.E.H. Lecky and the History of Retrogression * John Morley and the Politics of Destruction * Companion in Adversity: James Anthony Froude * Conclusion: The Political Implications of the Historiography of Progress * Notes * Index

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 7/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780674713758, 978-0674713758
      ISBN10: 0674713753

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the first book to explore how pessimism could be the psychological basis for the Victorians' progressive conception of history. Throughout, von Arx skillfully interweaves threads of religion, politics, and history, showing how ideas in one sphere cannot be understood without reference to the others.

      Table of Contents
      * The Sources of Victorian Pessimism * Leslie Stephen: Inventing the Progressive Tradition * W.E.H. Lecky and the History of Retrogression * John Morley and the Politics of Destruction * Companion in Adversity: James Anthony Froude * Conclusion: The Political Implications of the Historiography of Progress * Notes * Index

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