Hatred and Civility: the Antisocial Life in Victorian England 9780231503907, 0231130643, 0231503903

To understand hatred and civility in today's world, argues Christopher Lane, we should start with Victorian fiction

452 42 21MB

English Pages (224 pages) : illustrations Year 2006;2004

Hatred and Civility: the Antisocial Life in Victorian England
9780231503907, 0231130643, 0231503903

Author / Uploaded
Lane
Christopher

Table of contents :
Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Acknowledgments --
Prologue --
Introduction: Victorian Hatred, a Social Evil and a Social Good --
1. Bulwer's Misanthropes and the Limits of Victorian Sympathy --
2. Dickensian Malefactors --
3. Charlotte Brontë on the Pleasure of Hating --
4. George Eliot and Enmity --
5. Life Envy in Robert Browning's Poetry --
6. Joseph Conrad and the Illusion of Solidarity --
Notes --
Index.

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