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基本説明
How and why should we study Victorian Britain? The answer to this question used to be quite straightforward. It was the Victorian contribution to modern politics which stood out above all else. Today we are not so sure. This book suggest that politics are still central, but must be more broadly construed, as a pervasive part of Victorian culture as a whole.
Full Description
In the last twenty years one of the classical arenas for British historical writing - the politics of Victorian Britain - has ceased to be an obvious or self-evidently important subject. Facing up to this challenge, the historians who have contributed to this volume explore central aspects of that history. They continue to uphold the centrality of politics to Victorian Britain, but suggest that politics must be viewed more broadly, as a concern pervading almost all spheres of life, just as Victorians themselves would have done. In this way politics penetrates into Victorian culture. 'Politics' can lead us into the ideas governing political action itself; political ideas; international relations; the eduction of men and women; the writing of history and of literature; engagement with past political theorists; and the ideas behind professionalization. Such are some of the themes taken up here.
The specific occasion for these essays was as a tribute to the memory of the late Colin Matthew, one of the most eminent recent historians of Victorian Britain, who was himself determined to uphold the contemporary relevance of Victorian political tradition, and to explore the interface between 'politics' and 'culture'. Reflection on his intellectual achievement is a second distinctive component of this book.
Contents
1. A Brief Word on 'Politics' and 'Culture' ; 2. Colin Matthew 1941-1999 ; 3. Colin Matthew: A Memoir ; 4. Colin Matthew: A Bibliography ; 5. Gladstone and Peel ; 6. Gladstone and a Liberal Theory of International Relations ; 7. The Enfranchisement of the Urban Poor in Victorian Britain ; 8. The Defection of the Middle Class: The Endowed Schools Act, the Liberal Party, and the 1874 Election ; 9. Liberal Passions: Reason and Emotion in Late and Post-Victorian Liberal Thought ; 10. The Church of England and Women's Higher Education c.1840-1914 ; 11. Protestant Histories: James Anthony Froude, Partisanship, and National Identity ; 12. Roman Candles: Literary Converts in Late Victorian and Edwardian Britain ; 13. Scenes from Professional Life: Medicine, Moral Conduct and Inter-connectedness in Middlemarch ; 14. Victorian Interpretations of Thomas Hobbes ; Index
