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.
| ISBN: | 9781138124783 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 2016 |
| Author: | Florence S Boos |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Historiography |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 History: theory and methods |