| Makers of Nineteenth Century Culture Contributor(s): Esq, Justin Wintle (Editor), Wintle, Justin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415265843 ISBN-13: 9780415265843 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $247.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: This volume provides a critical examination of the lives and works of the leading novelists, poets, dramatists, artists, philosophers, social thinkers, mathematicians and scientists of the nineteenth century, |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 19th Century - History | Reference - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: 920.009 |
| Physical Information: 734 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume provides a critical examination of the lives and works of the leading novelists, poets, dramatists, artists, philosophers, social thinkers, mathematicians and scientists of the period. The subjects are assessed in the light of their cultural importance, and each entry is deliberately interpretative, making this work both an essential reference tool and an engaging collection of essays. Figures covered include: Marx, Wagner, Darwin, Malthus, Balzac, Jane Austen, Nietzsche, Babbage, Edgar Allan Poe, Ruskin, Schleiermacher, Herbert Spencer, Harriet Martineau and Oscar Wilde. |