The Healthy Body and Victorian Culture

by Bruce Haley

Book Overview

The quest for health guided Victorian living habits, shaped educational goals, and sanctioned a mania for athletic sports. As both metaphor and ideal, it influenced psychology, religion, and moral philosophy; it affected the writing of history as well as the criticism of literature. Here is a wide-ranging and ably written exploration of this fascinating aspect of Victorian ideas.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674386108
• ISBN13: 9780674386105
• Release Date: November 1978
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"