'England's darling' : the Victorian cult of Alfred the Great /: the Victorian cult of Alfred the Great. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joanne Parker.
• Authors: Parker, Joanne, 1974-
• Contents: 1. The day of a thousand years: Alfred and the Victorian mania for commemoration2. Medievalism, Anglo-Saxonism, and the nineteenth century 3. Turning a king into a hero: nine hundred years of pre-Victorian reinvention4. 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 progress6. ‘The most perfect character in history’: Alfred and Victorian morality7. ‘Never to be confused with King Arthur’: Alfred after Victoria
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 820.9351; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Kings and rulers in literature; Kings and rulers in art; Middle Ages in literature; Middle Ages in art; In literature; In art; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526130563
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