Liberal epic : the Victorian practice of history from Gibbon to Churchill / Edward Adams.
| Author/creator |
Adams, Edward, 1963- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011. |
| Description | x, 322 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Victorian literature and culture series Victorian literature and culture series. ^A254898 |
| Contents | Introduction -- The ethical-aesthetic challenge to epic: Pope, Gibbon, and Scott -- Romantic liberal epic: Southey, Byron, and Napier -- Epic history, the novel, and war in the 1850s: Thackeray, MaCaulay, and Carlyle -- Utilitarianism and the intellectual critique of war: Mill, Creasy, and Buckle -- Popeian strategies in primitive and modern war epic: Morris, Kinglake, and high Victorian liberal epic -- Liberal epic before the Great War: Hardy, Trevelyan, Tolstoy, and Keynes -- Conclusion. from liberal epic to epic liberalism: Churchill and Wedgwood -- Epilogue. the warm and visible hand of liberal epic. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011005590 |
| ISBN | 9780813931456 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813931452 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813931500 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0813931509 (e-book) |
| Standard identifier# | 40019805359 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR468.H57 A33 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |