Domestic Biography - The Legacy of Evangelicalism in Four Nineteenth-Century Families

This is a fascinating account of the influence of evangelicalism upon eminent Victorians. Recording family life was an important ritual in Victorian households, and out of this habit grew a new literary genre, the domestic biography, extolling individual piety and domestic virtue. Using documents from the archives of the Macaulay, Stephen, Wilberforce, and Thornton families, Dr Tolley analyses the biographical tradition and its lasting effects upon `family
values'.

Summary

An account of the influence of evangelicalism upon eminent Victorians. Recording family life was an important ritual in Victorian households and the author uses documents from the archives of four families to analyze the biographical tradition and its lasting effects upon "family values".

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the book is well written and, through apt quotation, gives a vivid sense of the tone and atmosphere of life in such evangelical families, in which sermons and jokes could readily coexist ... Tolley is sensitive to nuances of language and to changing perceptions of the relationship between private and public.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Tolley, Christopher (Assistant Master Tolley, Tolley Christopher
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.1997
• EAN: 9780198206514
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820651-4
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 225 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 491 g
• Illustrations: 4 genealogy tables
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Cultural Studies, European History, English, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours