Intellect and Character in Victorian England

by H.S. Jones

In the Victorian period English universities were transformed beyond recognition, and the modern academic profession began to take shape. Mark Pattison was one of the foremost Oxford dons in this crucial period, and articulated a distinctive vision of the academic's vocation frequently at odds with those of his contemporaries. In the first serious study of Pattison as a thinker, Stuart Jones shows his importance in the cultural and intellectual life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521876052
• ISBN13: 9780521876056
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.0"