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Routledge Victorian Revolutionaries: Speculations on Some Heroes of a Culture Crisis

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Explore how Victorian intellectuals resisted the era's materialism and commercial values through cultural transcendence. This Routledge study examines the spiritual and artistic rebellions of Tennyson, Carlyle, Browning, and the Pre-Raphaelites, tracing how these eminent figures sought escape from industrial society's constraints. The book analyzes the tension between Victorian materialism and the pursuit of higher cultural ideals, revealing how romantic origins of anthropology and aesthetic movements offered alternatives to commercialism. By understanding these historical responses to cultural crisis, readers gain insight into enduring debates about meaning, spirituality, and artistic integrity in modern life.

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Examines Tennyson, Carlyle, and Browning's contributions to Victorian cultural resistance against materialism and commercialism.

Analyzes Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics as a reaction to industrial society and the threat to spiritual values in the Victorian era.

Explores romantic origins of anthropology and their role in shaping alternative worldviews during the culture crisis.

Published by Routledge, offering scholarly analysis of how Victorian intellectuals pursued transcendence through art and literature.

Illuminates historical modes of escape from Victorian materialism that remain relevant to contemporary cultural concerns.

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15 November 2017
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