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  1. Hatred & civility
    the antisocial life in Victorian England
    Published: c2004
    Publisher:  Columbia University Press, New York

    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek
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  2. Hatred & civility
    the antisocial life in Victorian England
    Published: c2004
    Publisher:  Columbia University Press, New York

    To understand hatred and civility in today's world, argues Christopher Lane, we should start with Victorian fiction. Although the word "Victorian" generally brings to mind images of prudish sexuality and well-heeled snobbery, it has above all become... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt / Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt
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    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt / Zentrale
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    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
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    To understand hatred and civility in today's world, argues Christopher Lane, we should start with Victorian fiction. Although the word "Victorian" generally brings to mind images of prudish sexuality and well-heeled snobbery, it has above all become synonymous with self-sacrifice, earnest devotion, and moral rectitude. Yet this idealized version of Victorian England is surprisingly scarce in the period's literature--and its journalism, sermons, poems, and plays--where villains, hypocrites, murderers, and cheats of all types abound

     

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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0231130651; 0231130643
    Subjects: Hate in literature; Alienation (Social psychology) in literature; Interpersonal relations in literature; English literature; Misanthropy in literature; Literature and society; Manners and customs in literature; Courtesy in literature; Literature and society - England - History - 19th century; Literature and society - England - History - 19th century; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xxviii, 228 p), ill, 22 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    lane_FM.pdf; lane_intro.pdf; lane_ch01.pdf; lane_ch02.pdf; lane_ch03.pdf; lane_ch04.pdf; lane_ch05.pdf; lane_epi.pdf; lane_notes.pdf; lane_index.pdf