Winner of the 1957 Christian Gauss Award given by Phi Beta
Kappa
"The most thorough and comprehensive study of its subject that has
yet been written. . . . Here is a full and intelligent analysis of
the different facets of that many-sided thing, the Victorian mind
and soul. An important part of this analysis is the relating of one
attitude and tendency to another, so that, although some are
contradictory, the agreements and the discords and their causes are
made intelligible. The analysis is supported everywhere by rich and
often fresh documentation. Mr. Houghton writes with vigor and
clarity. The book seems to me a large and solid contribution to the
understanding of Victorian civilization and Victorian
literature."—Douglas Bush
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