Liberal Epic : The Victorian Practice of History from Gibbon to Churchill.

By:

Adams, Edward

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Victorian Literature and Culture SeriesPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (336 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813931500

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Liberal EpicDDC classification:

809/.9359

LOC classification:

PR468.H57A33 2011

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Summary: In recovering these neglected works and gathering them together as part of a self-conscious literary tradition here defined as liberal epic, Adams provides an archaeology that sheds light on contemporary issues such as the relation of liberalism to war, the tactics for sanitizing heroism, and the appeal of violence to supposedly humane readers. Victorian Literature and Culture Series.

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In recovering these neglected works and gathering them together as part of a self-conscious literary tradition here defined as liberal epic, Adams provides an archaeology that sheds light on contemporary issues such as the relation of liberalism to war, the tactics for sanitizing heroism, and the appeal of violence to supposedly humane readers. Victorian Literature and Culture Series.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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