The Resource Victorian literature and the Victorian state : character and governance in a liberal society, Lauren M.E. Goodlad
Victorian literature and the Victorian state : character and governance in a liberal society, Lauren M.E. Goodlad
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- Summary
- "Studies of Victorian governance have been profoundly influenced by Discipline and Punish, Michel Foucault's groundbreaking genealogy of power in modern societies. Yet, according to Lauren M.E. Goodlad, Foucault's analysis is better suited to the history of the Continent than to that of nineteenth-century Britain, with its decentralized, voluntarist institutional culture and passionate disdain for state interference. Focusing on a wide range of Victorian writing - from literary figures such as Charles Dickens, George Gissing, Harriet Martineau, J.S. Mill, Anthony Trollope, and H.G. Wells to prominent social reformers such as Edwin Chadwick, Thomas Chalmers, Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, and Beatrice Webb - Goodlad shows that Foucault's later essays on liberalism and "governmentality" provide better critical tools for understanding the nineteenth-century British state." "Victorian Literature and the Victorian State delves into contemporary debates over sanitary, education, and civil rights reform, the Poor Laws, and the century-long attempt to substitute organized charity for state services. Goodlad's readings elucidate the distinctive quandary of Victorian Britain and, indeed, any modern society conceived in liberal terms: the elusive quest for a "pastoral" agency that is rational, all-embracing, and effective but also anti-bureaucratic, personalized, and liberatory. In this study, impressively grounded in literary criticism, social history, and political theory, Goodlad offers a timely post-Foucauldian account of Victorian governance that speaks to the resurgent neoliberalism of our own day."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 298 pages)
- Contents
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- Beyond the panopticon : the critical challenge of a liberal society
- Making the working man like me : charity, the novel, and the new poor law
- Is there a pastor in the house? : sanitary reform and governing agency in Dickens's midcentury fiction
- An officer and a gentleman : civil service reform and the early career of Anthony Trollope
- A riddle without an answer : character and education in Our mutual friend
- Dueling pastors, dueling worldviews
- Social security
- Isbn
- 9780801869631
- Label
- Victorian literature and the Victorian state : character and governance in a liberal society
- Title
- Victorian literature and the Victorian state
- Title remainder
- character and governance in a liberal society
- Statement of responsibility
- Lauren M.E. Goodlad
- Subject
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- 1800-1901
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- English literature
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901
- History
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Liberalism
- Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Liberalism in literature
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Literature and state
- Literature and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Politics and government
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Social problems in literature
- Social problems in literature
- State, The, in literature
- State, The, in literature
- Liberalism in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Studies of Victorian governance have been profoundly influenced by Discipline and Punish, Michel Foucault's groundbreaking genealogy of power in modern societies. Yet, according to Lauren M.E. Goodlad, Foucault's analysis is better suited to the history of the Continent than to that of nineteenth-century Britain, with its decentralized, voluntarist institutional culture and passionate disdain for state interference. Focusing on a wide range of Victorian writing - from literary figures such as Charles Dickens, George Gissing, Harriet Martineau, J.S. Mill, Anthony Trollope, and H.G. Wells to prominent social reformers such as Edwin Chadwick, Thomas Chalmers, Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, and Beatrice Webb - Goodlad shows that Foucault's later essays on liberalism and "governmentality" provide better critical tools for understanding the nineteenth-century British state." "Victorian Literature and the Victorian State delves into contemporary debates over sanitary, education, and civil rights reform, the Poor Laws, and the century-long attempt to substitute organized charity for state services. Goodlad's readings elucidate the distinctive quandary of Victorian Britain and, indeed, any modern society conceived in liberal terms: the elusive quest for a "pastoral" agency that is rational, all-embracing, and effective but also anti-bureaucratic, personalized, and liberatory. In this study, impressively grounded in literary criticism, social history, and political theory, Goodlad offers a timely post-Foucauldian account of Victorian governance that speaks to the resurgent neoliberalism of our own day."--Jacket
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- REDDC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Goodlad, Lauren M. E
- Dewey number
- 820.9/358
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PR468.P57
- LC item number
- G66 2003eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Politics and literature
- Literature and society
- Literature and state
- Liberalism
- Social problems in literature
- State, The, in literature
- Liberalism in literature
- English literature
- Great Britain
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- English literature
- Liberalism
- Liberalism in literature
- Literature and society
- Literature and state
- Politics and government
- Politics and literature
- Social problems in literature
- State, The, in literature
- Great Britain
- Label
- Victorian literature and the Victorian state : character and governance in a liberal society, Lauren M.E. Goodlad
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Beyond the panopticon : the critical challenge of a liberal society -- Making the working man like me : charity, the novel, and the new poor law -- Is there a pastor in the house? : sanitary reform and governing agency in Dickens's midcentury fiction -- An officer and a gentleman : civil service reform and the early career of Anthony Trollope -- A riddle without an answer : character and education in Our mutual friend -- Dueling pastors, dueling worldviews -- Social security
- Control code
- 70742727
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 298 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780801869631
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)70742727
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Victorian literature and the Victorian state : character and governance in a liberal society, Lauren M.E. Goodlad
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Beyond the panopticon : the critical challenge of a liberal society -- Making the working man like me : charity, the novel, and the new poor law -- Is there a pastor in the house? : sanitary reform and governing agency in Dickens's midcentury fiction -- An officer and a gentleman : civil service reform and the early career of Anthony Trollope -- A riddle without an answer : character and education in Our mutual friend -- Dueling pastors, dueling worldviews -- Social security
- Control code
- 70742727
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 298 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780801869631
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)70742727
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- 1800-1901
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- English literature
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901
- History
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Liberalism
- Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Liberalism in literature
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Literature and state
- Literature and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Politics and government
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Social problems in literature
- Social problems in literature
- State, The, in literature
- State, The, in literature
- Liberalism in literature
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