Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring\nThe Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. Contemporary Brit
Even in the 21st century in schools pupils sit in rows like the Victorians. You can only talk to the person next to you (this is probably why the teachersmake us sit in rows); this means that in discussion work which is extremely important in today’s society ideas and suggestions don’...
After all sex might have played little or no role in the way the Victorians thought about love. True love was spiritualised love and sex was not a way to demonstrate and sustain it. Consequently, many women supported the idea of spiritualised love as a basis of marriage as it gave them...
The book also examines how the Roman Empire has been considered and depicted in more recent times, from the writings of Edward Gibbon, to the differing attitudes of the Victorians and recent Hollywood blockbuster films. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University ...
With her husband, Lauro Martines, O’Faolain edited Not in God’s Image: Women in History from the Greeks to the Victorians (1973). She also translated several works from the Italian under the name Julia Martines. The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised ...
and further advanced his reputation withThe Europeansthat same year. In England he was promptly taken up by the leading Victorians and became a regular atLord Houghton’s breakfasts, where heconsortedwith Alfred Tennyson, William Gladstone,Robert Browning, and others. A great social lion, James ...