Domestic Biography

Domestic Biography
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 0198206518
ISBN-13 : 9780198206514
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Book Synopsis Domestic Biography by : Christopher Tolley

Download or read book Domestic Biography written by Christopher Tolley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating account of the influence of evangelicalism upon eminent Victorians. Recording family life was an important ritual in Victorian households, and out of this habit grew a new literary genre, the domestic biography, extolling individual piety and domestic virtue. Using documents from the archives of the Macaulay, Stephen, Wilberforce, and Thornton families, Dr Tolley analyzes the biographical tradition and its lasting effects upon "family values."


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