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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date September 1, 1985
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780521303873
ISBN-10 0521303877
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $80.00
Other format details university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book provides a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century life by examining the nature and context of 'Christian manliness' or 'muscular Christianity', an ideal of conduct that was widely popular with Victorian preachers and writers. It pays particular attention to Charles Kingsley (author of The Water-Babies) and Thomas Hughes (author of Tom Brown's Schooldays). Dr Vance traces the origins of Christian manliness in the traditions of English sporting prowess, in notions of chivalry and gentlemanliness, and in the preaching of vigourous virtue from St Paul to Victorian evangelists. He also considers the social and religious thought of Coleridge, Carlyle, F. D. Maurice and Thomas Arnold, showing how Kingsley and Hughes developed their own ideals of Christian manliness against this background, and in keen response to the troubles of their time: social unrest, religious rancour, war and disease. A final chapter traces the fragmentation and debasement of the ideal in the twentieth century.

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Hardcover
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With Robert Williams, Carlo McCormick (other contributor) | from Cambridge Univ Pr (September 1, 1985)
9780521303873 | details & prices | List price $80.00
This edition also contains Slang Aesthetics
About: This book provides a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century life by examining the nature and context of 'Christian manliness' or 'muscular Christianity', an ideal of conduct that was widely popular with Victorian preachers and writers.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780521128605
 
1 edition from Cambridge Univ Pr (February 4, 2010)
9780521128605 | details & prices | 244 pages | 5.25 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $44.99
About: This book provides a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century life by examining the nature and context of 'Christian manliness' or 'muscular Christianity', an ideal of conduct that was widely popular with Victorian preachers and writers.
Editions for the work Slang Aesthetics
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
With Robert Williams, Norman Vance | from Cambridge Univ Pr (September 1, 1985); titled "The Sinews of the Spirit: The Ideal of Christian Manliness in Victorian Literature and Religious Thought"
9780521303873 | details & prices | List price $80.00
This edition also contains The Sinews of the Spirit: The Ideal of Christian Manliness in Victorian Literature and Religious Thought
About: This book provides a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century life by examining the nature and context of 'Christian manliness' or 'muscular Christianity', an ideal of conduct that was widely popular with Victorian preachers and writers.

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