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1 online resource |
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'ENGLAND'S DARLING': THE VICTORIAN CULT OF ALFRED THE GREAT; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface -- The king who burnt the cakes; Acknowledgements; Dedication; 1. The day of a thousand years: Alfred and the Victorianmania for commemoration; 2. Medievalism, Anglo-Saxonism and the nineteenth century; 3. Turning a king into a hero: nine hundred years of pre-Victorian reinvention; 4. The hero as king: Alfred and nineteenth-century politics; 5. 'The root and spring of everything we love in church and state': Alfred and Victorian progress |
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6. 'The most perfect character in history': Alfred and Victorian morality7. 'Never to be confused with King Arthur': Alfred after Victoria; Select bibliography; Index |
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During the last two decades, numerous studies have been devoted to the Victorian fascination with King Arthur, however . the figure of King Alfred has received almost no attention. For much of the nineteenth century, Alfred was as important as Arthur in the British popular imagination. A pervasive cult of the king developed which included the erection of at least four public statues, the completion of more than twenty-five paintings, and the publication of over a hundred texts, by authors ranging from Wordsworth to minor women writers. By 1852, J.A. Froude could describe Alfred's life as 'the. |
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Alfred, King of England, 849-899 -- Influence.
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Alfred, King of England, 849-899 -- In literature.
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Alfred, King of England, 849-899. (OCoLC)fst00055879
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Medievalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Popular culture -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Themes, motives.
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English literature -- 19th century -- Themes, motives.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature -- Themes, motives.
(OCoLC)fst00912200
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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Medievalism. (OCoLC)fst01015389
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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1800-1899
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Alfred, King of England Influence |
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English literature History and criticism 19th century |
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Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century |
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Literature and history Great Britain |
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Literature and society History 19th century Great Britain |
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
1526130564 (electronic bk.) |
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9781526130563 (electronic bk.) |
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