History and Community: Essays in Victorian Medievalism

History and Community: Essays in Victorian Medievalism
ISBN-10
1317299531
ISBN-13
9781317299530
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
300
Language
English
Published
2016-04-14
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Florence S. Boos

Description

The essays in this volume, originally published in 1992, examine some of the pervasive implications of Victorian medievalism, and assess its creative manifestations and dual capacities for expression of reformist anger and escapist retreat. Some of the emotional and intllectual reasons for the strong Victorian attraction to ‘medieval’ history and litereature are discussed and emblematic responses to this attraction are examined.

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