The professional ideal in the Victorian novel The works of Disraeli, Trollope, Gaskell, and Eliot /
This book examines diverse Victorian perspectives on professional issues to illuminate the dialectic between materialist and idealist rationalities which informs historical professionalism.
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230604254 |
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This book examines diverse Victorian perspectives on professional issues to illuminate the dialectic between materialist and idealist rationalities which informs historical professionalism. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2007. |
Carrier Form: | 244 p. |
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9781403976130 9780230604254 : 0230604250 : |
CLC: | I11 |
Contents: | Cool Heads and Warm Hearts * Brains More Precious Than Blood, or the Professional Logic of the Young England Trilogy * E Vero or e Falso? The Pastor as Mentor in Romola * A"Manly IndependenceA": Autonomy in The Warden and Barchester Towers * A"One function in particularA": Specialization and the Service Ethic in A"Janet's RepentanceA" and Daniel Deronda * Professional Frontiers in Elizabeth Gaskell's My Lady Ludlow * A"A kind of manager not hitherto existingA": Octavia Hill and the Professional Philanthropist. |