Victorian Eighteenth Century - Young, B.W. (University Lecturer and Student and Tutor in History, Christ Church College, Oxford)

Exploring the Victorian fascination with the generation of their grandparents and great-grandparents, Brian Young illuminates Victorian intellectual, religious, and cultural history. Examining the work of men such as Thomas Carlyle, the book reveals how the Victorians were haunted by the eighteenth century, both metaphorically and literally.