The Victorian Eighteenth Century: An Intellectual History

by B.W. Young

The Victorians were preoccupied by the eighteenth century. It was central to many nineteenth-century debates, particularly those concerning the place of history and religion in national life. This book explores the diverse responses of key Victorian writers and thinkers, Thomas Carlyle, John
Henry Newman, Leslie Stephen, Vernon Lee, and M.R. James to a period which commanded their interest throughout the Victorian era, from the accession of Queen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199256225
• ISBN13: 9780199256228
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages