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Roman Catholic Saints and Early Victorian Literature

Conservatism, Liberalism, and the Emergence of Secular Culture

By: Professor Devon Fisher

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Roman Catholic Saints and Early Victorian Literature

Conservatism, Liberalism, and the Emergence of Secular Culture

By: Professor Devon Fisher

Offering readings of nineteenth-century travel narratives, works by Tractarians, the early writings of Charles Kingsley, and the poetry of Alfred Tennyson, Devon Fisher examines representations of Roman Catholic saints in Victorian literature to assess both the relationship between conservative thought and liberalism and the emergence of secular culture during the period. The run-up to Victoria's coronation witnessed a series of controversial liberal reforms. While many early Victorians considered the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts (1828), the granting of civil rights to Roman Catholics (1829), and the extension of the franchise (1832) significant advances, for others these three acts signaled a shift in English culture by which authority in matters spiritual and political was increasingly ceded to individuals. Victorians from a variety of religious perspectives appropriated the lives of Roman Catholic saints to create narratives of English identity that resisted the recent cultural shift towards private judgment. Paradoxically, conservative Victorians' handling of the saints and the saints' lives in their sheer variety represented an assertion of individual authority that ultimately led to a synthesis of liberalism and conservatism and was a key feature of an emergent secular state characterized not by disbelief but by a range of possible beliefs.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409479196

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9781409479192

The Reformation Parliament 1529-1536

By: Professor Emeritus Stanford E Lehmberg,Stanford E. Lehmberg

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The Reformation Parliament 1529-1536

By: Professor Emeritus Stanford E Lehmberg,Stanford E. Lehmberg

The Reformation Parliament was one of the most important assemblies ever to meet in England.

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308

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Cambridge University Press

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0521076552

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9780521076555

Alan Bush

A Source Book

By: Professor Stewart R Craggs

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Alan Bush

A Source Book

By: Professor Stewart R Craggs

Born in 1900, Alan Bush, the English composer, conductor and pianist, studied with Corder and Matthay, and privately with John Ireland. He was appointed professor of harmony and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in 1925, a post he held until 1978. In 1929-31, he continued to study at Berlin University and had piano lessons with Moiseiwitsch and Schnabel. The present Source Book documents his works (many of which reflect his Communist sympathies) and the many arrangements of his music by other composers. A wealth of detail is provided, including printed scores, CD recordings, bibliographical material and manuscript scores and their locations, the majority of which have been deposited recently in the British Library by the Bush family. A chronology of the composer's life draws on many sources including letters and scrapbooks.

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212

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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140949375X

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9781409493754

Devolution and Localism in England

By: Professor David M Smith,Professor Enid Wistrich

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Devolution and Localism in England

By: Professor David M Smith,Professor Enid Wistrich

Combining historical and policy study with empirical research from a qualitative study of regional elites this book offers an original and timely insight into the progress of devolution of governance in England. With particular interest in how governments have tried and continue to engage English people in sub-national democratic processes while dealing with the realities of governance it uses in-depth interviews with key figures from three English regions to get the ‘inside view’ of how these processes are seen by the regional and local political, administrative, business and voluntary sector elites who have to make policies work in practice. Tracing the development of decentralisation policies through regional policies up to and including the general election in 2010 and the radical shift away from regionalism to localism by the new Coalition Government thereafter the authors look in detail at some of the key policies of the incumbent Coalition Government such as City Regions and Localism and their implementation. Finally they consider the implications of the existing situation and speculate on possible issues for the future.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472430816

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Goldfish in the Parlour

The Victorian craze for marine life

By: Professor John Simons

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Goldfish in the Parlour

The Victorian craze for marine life

By: Professor John Simons

“For the first time, fish became our companions and a corner of many a Victorian parlour was given over to housing tiny fragments of their world enclosed in glass.” The experience of seeing a fish swimming in a glass tank is one we take for granted now but in Victorian England this was a remarkable sight. People had simply not been able to see fish as they now could with the invention of the aquarium and everything that went with it. Goldfish in the Parlour looks at the boom in the building of public aquariums, as well as the craze for home aquariums and visiting the seaside, during the reign of Queen Victoria. Furthermore, this book considers how people see and meet animals and, importantly, in what institutions and in what contexts these encounters happen. John Simons uncovers the sweeping consequences of the Victorian obsession with marine animals by looking at naturalist Frank Buckland’s Museum of Economic Fish Culture and the role of fish in the Victorian economy, the development of angling as a sport divided along class lines, the seeding of Empire with British fish and comparisons with aquarium building in Europe, USA and Australia. Goldfish in the Parlour interrogates the craze that took over Victorian England when aquariums “introduced” fish to parks, zoos and parlours.

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Sydney University Press

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1743328737

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9781743328736

Magic in Theory

An Introduction to the Theoretical and Psychological Elements of Conjuring

By: Peter Lamont,Professor Richard Richard Wiseman

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Magic in Theory

An Introduction to the Theoretical and Psychological Elements of Conjuring

By: Peter Lamont,Professor Richard Richard Wiseman

A useful manual for any magician or curious spectator who wonders why the tricks seem so real, this guide examines the psychological aspects of a magician's work. Exploring the ways in which human psychology plays into the methods of conjuring rather than focusing on the individual tricks alone, this explanation of the general principles of magic includes chapters on the use of misdirection, sleight of hand, and reconstruction, provides a better understanding of this ancient art, and offers a section on psychics that warns of their deceptive magic skills.

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Univ of Hertfordshire Press

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190739656X

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9781907396564

Book's by Professor Devon Fisher

Roman Catholic Saints and Early Victorian Literature

Roman Catholic Saints and Early Victorian Literature

The Reformation Parliament 1529-1536

The Reformation Parliament 1529-1536

Alan Bush

Alan Bush

Devolution and Localism in England

Devolution and Localism in England

Goldfish in the Parlour

Goldfish in the Parlour

Magic in Theory

Magic in Theory

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