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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
264
Utgivningsdatum
2014-05-31
Förlag
Manchester University Press
Illustrationer
Illustrations, black & white
Dimensioner
234 x 156 x 14 mm
Vikt
372 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780719073571

EnglandS Darling

The Victorian Cult of Alfred the Great

av Joanne Parker
Häftad,  Engelska, 2014-05-31
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For much of the nineteenth century, King Alfred was as important as King Arthur in the British popular imagination. A pervasive cult of the King developed which included the erection of at least four public statues, the completion of more than twenty-five paintings, and the publication of over a hundred texts, by authors ranging from Wordsworth to minor women writers. By 1852, J.A. Froude could describe Alfreds life as the favourite story in English nurseries; in 1901, a national holiday marked the thousandth anniversary of his death, organised by a committee including Edward Burne Jones, Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hughes. The book examines the ways in which Alfred was rewritten by nineteenth-century authors and artists, and asks how beliefs about the Saxon kings reign and achievements related to nineteenth-century ideals about leadership, law, religion, commerce, education and the Empire. The book concludes by addressing the most interesting enigma in Alfreds reception history: why is the king no longer Englands darling? A fascinating study that will be enjoyed by scholars of history, cultural history, literature and art history. -- .
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"Meticulously researched using an impressive range of materials, it represents a substantive addition to our empirical knowledge of this period." - Clare Pettitt, King's College, UK

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Joanne Parker is Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Exeter -- .

Innehållsförteckning

1. The day of a thousand years: Alfred and the Victorian mania for commemoration 2. Medievalism, Anglo-Saxonism, and the nineteenth century 3. Turning a king into a hero: nine hundred years of pre-Victorian reinvention 4. The hero as king: Alfred and nineteenth-century politics 5. The root and spring of everything we love in church and state: Alfred and Victorian progress 6. The most perfect character in history: Alfred and Victorian morality 7. Never to be confused with King Arthur: Alfred after Victoria Index -- .

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