This anthology collects for the first time in one volume a wide range of primary source material, providing a unique insight into the interconnections between areas of Victorian intellectual debate. It covers developments in social and political theory, economics, science and religion, aesthetics and sexuality and gender, providing access to documents previously difficult to locate and to interpret. A general introduction introduces theories on relationships between literary and intellectual culture. Other features include: essays on background to the debates, illustrated by source documents bibliographical notes on all documents biographical accounts of source authors. The Victorian Age enables readers to understand complex areas of debates in an unusually wide range of disciplines.
