The tragi-comedy of Victorian fatherhood /

The tragi-comedy of Victorian fatherhood /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sanders, Valerie.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:	xii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 65
Subject:	Fathers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Fatherhood -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Fathers in literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Fatherhood. Fathers. Fathers in literature. Great Britain. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7708865

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ISBN:	9780521884785 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0521884780 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Looking for the Victorian father
1. The failure of fatherhood at mid-century: four case histories
2. Theatrical fatherhood: Dickens and Macready
3. 'How?' and 'Why?': Kingsley as educating father
4. Matthew and son (and father): the Arnolds
5. 'A fine degree of paternal fervour': scientific fathering
6. Death comes for the Archbishop (and Prime Minister)
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index