| Description |
x, 322 p. |
| Series |
Victorian literature and culture series |
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Victorian literature and culture series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Epic literature, English -- History and criticism.
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History in literature.
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War in literature.
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Liberalism in literature.
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Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History.
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Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780813931456 (cloth alk. paper) |
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9780813931500 (electronic bk.) |
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