Victorian minds /
by Gertrude Himmelfarb.
- Chicago : Elephant Paperbacks, 1995 c1968
- xiii, 392 p. ; 21 cm.
- World History / Cultural Studies .
Originally published : New York: A. A. Knopf, 1968 "Elephant paperbacks."
"A study of intellectuals in crisis and ideologies in transition" T.p (cover)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Edmund Burke: The hero a politician -- The politician as philosopher-- The haunted house of Jeremy Bentham-- The specter of Malthus-- High Victorians: The other John Stuart Mill-- Lord acton: The historian as moralist-- Leslie Stephen: The Victorian as intellectual-- Walter Bagehot: A Common man with uncommon ideas-- James Anthony Froude: A Forgotten Worthy-- John Buchan: The last Victorian-- Victorian ideas and idelologies: The Victorian ethos: Before and after Victoria-- The Victorian Angst-- Varieties of Social Darwinism-- Politics and ideology: The reform act of 1867.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century. Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901. Gran Bretaņa--Vida intelectual--Siglo XIX Gran Bretaņa--Historia--Victoria, 1837-1901