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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. Contemporary Britain is still in large part Victorian in its transport networks, sewage systems, streets, and houses. Victorian cultural legacies, especially in art, science, and literature, are still celebrated. The first to have to grapple with many of the challenges of modern urban society, we continue to look to the Victorians for inspiration and solace. And we are increasingly aware of the ways their global actions shaped, often for ill, the world around us. Much mythologised, inexhaustibly controversial, the Victorians are an inescapable reference point for understanding the modern histories not just of Britain and its empire, but of the world.In The Victorians: A Very Short Introduction Martin Hewitt offers a guide through the thickets of judgement and debate which have grown aroun

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1: The Victorians in retrospect 2: The Victorian as period 3: Victorianism 4: Victorian configurations 5: Eminent Victorians 6: The Victorian world Further Reading References

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 24/08/2023
      ISBN13: 9780198736813, 978-0198736813
      ISBN10: 0198736819
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

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      Book Synopsis
      Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. Contemporary Britain is still in large part Victorian in its transport networks, sewage systems, streets, and houses. Victorian cultural legacies, especially in art, science, and literature, are still celebrated. The first to have to grapple with many of the challenges of modern urban society, we continue to look to the Victorians for inspiration and solace. And we are increasingly aware of the ways their global actions shaped, often for ill, the world around us. Much mythologised, inexhaustibly controversial, the Victorians are an inescapable reference point for understanding the modern histories not just of Britain and its empire, but of the world.In The Victorians: A Very Short Introduction Martin Hewitt offers a guide through the thickets of judgement and debate which have grown aroun

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Introduction 1: The Victorians in retrospect 2: The Victorian as period 3: Victorianism 4: Victorian configurations 5: Eminent Victorians 6: The Victorian world Further Reading References

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