The Victorians since 1901; Histories, Representations and Revisions

by Edited by Miles Taylor and Michael Wolff

• ISBN13: 9780719067242
• ISBN10: 0719067243
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-09-04
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

Over a century after the death of Queen Victoria, historians are busy re-appraising her age and achievements. However, our understanding of the Victorian era is itself a part of history, shaped by changing political, cultural and intellectual fashions. Bringing together a group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, English literature, art history and cultural studies, this book identifies and assesses the principal influences on twentieth-century attitudes towards the Victorians. Developments in academia, popular culture, public history and the internet are covered in this important and stimulating collection, and the final chapters anticipate future global trends in interpretations of the Victorian era, making an essential volume for students of Victorian Studies.

Author Biography

Miles Taylor is Professor of Modern British History at the University of Southampton.

Michael Wolff is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface--Michael Wolff * Introduction--Miles Taylor * PART I: HISTORIES * Lytton Stracheys Eminent Victorians: The Rise and Fall of the Intellectual Aristocracy--William C. Lubenow * The Bleak Age: J.H. Clapham, the Hammonds and the standard of living in Victorian Britain--Stewart Weaver * Victorian Prime Ministers: Changing Patterns of Commemoration--Michael Bentley * Quiller-Couch, the Function of Victorian Literature and Modernism, 1890-1930--Michelle Hawley * G. M. Young and the Early Victorian Revival--Miles Taylor * Culture or Society ?: Victorian Studies, 1951-64--Martin Hewitt * PART II: REPRESENTATIONS * Industrialisation and Catastrophe: The Victorian Economy in British Film Documentary, 1930-50--Timothy Boon * The Revival of Interest in Victorian Decorative Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum--Anthony Burton * No Glorious Assurance: The 1951 Festival of Britain looks at the Victorian past--Becky Conekin * The BBC and the Victorians--James Thompson * Theme Park Victoriana--John Gardiner * The Victorians at School: the Victorian era in the 20th century curriculum--Eric Evans * PART III: REVISIONS * Victorian Studies in the Digital Age--Patrick Leary * Victorian Studies in North America--Christopher Kent * The State of Victorian Studies in Australia and New Zealand--Miles Fairburn * Victorian Studies in the UK--Helen Rogers * Timeline of Victorian Studies * Index