Overview
- Explores the theory and practice of Victorian liberal parenting by focusing on the life and writings of John Morley
- Offers a major reassessment of some key literary and political works of the period
- Addresses the interaction between parent and child as an essential component of Victorian liberalism
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This book explores the theory and practice of Victorian liberal parenting by focusing on the life and writings of John Morley, one of Britain’s premier intellectuals and politicians. Reading Morley’s published works—much of which explicitly or implicitly addresses this relationship—with and against other writings of the period, and in the context of formative circumstances in his own life, it explores how living one’s life as a liberal extended to parenting. Although Victorian liberalism is currently undergoing reappraisal by scholars in the disciplines of literature and history, only a handful of studies have addressed its implications for intimate personal relations. None have considered the relationship of parent and child. Four of the chapters document how John Morley was parented and how he defined himself as a parent, based on newly available archival materials. Two other chapters analyze his many writings on or concerned with parenting and parenthood.
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About the author
Kevin A. Morrison is Assistant Professor of English at Syracuse University, USA. He is the author of Victorian Liberalism and Material Culture: Synergies of Thought and Place (2018) and editor of five books, including the forthcoming Walter Besant: The Business of Literature and the Pleasures of Reform.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Micro-History of Victorian Liberal Parenting
Book Subtitle: John Morley's "Discreet Indifference"
Authors: Kevin A. Morrison
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72811-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72810-0Published: 22 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89213-9Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72811-7Published: 14 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 118
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Modern Europe, Intellectual Studies, Cultural History, Literary History