Hugh Walker surveys English literature from the 1830s to the 1870s in the years of Tennyson’s ascendancy. He treats the poets, novelists, historians and critics of the period, and the religious and scientific controversies they lived through, from Newman and the Oxford Movement to Carlyle, Darwin and the doubts they stirred.
A compact, intelligent guide from the 1890s for readers wanting an overview of high Victorian literature and thought. Download the free EPUB.