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Charles Kingsley
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- Book Synopsis
- Novelist, poet, Anglican priest, and controversialist, Charles Kingsley (1819-75) epitomizes the bustling Victorian man of faith and letters, a prolific polymath as ready to break a lance with John Henry Newman over Christian doctrine as he was to preach to schoolchildren on the virtues of manly, physical struggle. Kingsley's The Water-Babies and Westward Ho! were best-sellers which became classics of children's literature. Kingsley has come to epitomize the Victorian age.On closer inspection, Kingsley is harder to categorize: a socialist who was also an imperialist, a Chartist revolutionary who was Queen Victoria's favourite novelist, a natural theologian who popularized Darwin, a priest who celebrated sex as sacrament. Kingsley only appears straightforward if you consider him one piece at a time. The debates he shaped remain with us today: faith and sexuality, economics and exploitation, race and identity. The aim of this book is to present the whole man: to consider the public crusades for public health alongside the most private fantasies of sexual intercourse; to consider the ardent imperialist alongside the Darwinist. It will be of interest to all students of Victorian studies, as well as of British/Imperial history, church history, and especially the history of science.
- About The Author
- Jonathan Conlin is senior lecturer in modern history at the University of Southampton.Jan Marten Ivo Klaver is professor of English Literature and culture at the University of Urbino.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780367679323
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Routledge, (01 August 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 268
- Weight
- 520 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 228 x 20 mm
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