Author : Christopher Lane
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231503903
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Hatred and Civility by : Christopher Lane
Download or read book Hatred and Civility written by Christopher Lane and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand hatred and civility in today's world, argues Christopher Lane, we should start with Victorian fiction. Although the word "Victorian" generally brings to mind images of prudish sexuality and well-heeled snobbery, it has above all become synonymous with self-sacrifice, earnest devotion, and moral rectitude. Yet this idealized version of Victorian England is surprisingly scarce in the period's literature--and its journalism, sermons, poems, and plays--where villains, hypocrites, murderers, and cheats of all types abound.