Feature 056--The Victorian Frame of Mind

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		"The Victorian Frame of Mind" by Walter E. Houghton ISBN#0300001223 $25.00 (PB) (Check Amazon.com for pricing--discounts may vary.)
	Acknowledgements Preface 1. Character of the Age The State of Society The State of the Human Mind PART I: EMOTIONAL ATTITUDE 2. Optimism Reconstruction and History: Two Utopians of Science Applied Science and Bigger Business Liberation from the Burdens of the Past 3. Anxiety Fear of Revolution The Danger of Atheism Worry and Fatigue The Strain of Puritanism Ennui and Doubt Isolation, Loneliness, and Nostalgia PART II: INTELLECTUAL ATTITUDES 4. The Critical Spirit--and the Will to Believe Rise of the Critical Spirit The Will to Believe Recoil to Authority Reliance on Authority Tension 5. Anti-Intellectualism Business Democracy, Evangelicalism, and Doubt 6. Dogmatism Opportunity for the Ego The Rationale of Infallibility The Attraction of Dogmatism 7. Rigidity Sectarian Fervor Puritan Judgment The Need for Rigidity The Open and Flexible Mind	PART III: MORAL ATTITUDES 8. The Commercial Spirit Respectability The Bourgeois Dream Success 9. The Worship of Force Machines and Men The Squirearchy The Major Prophet Darwinism, Chauvinism, Racism Puritanism Disillusion 10. Earnestness Intellectual Earnestness Moral Earnestness and the Religious Crisis Moral Earnestness and the Social Crisis 11. Enthusiasm Idealism and the Education of the Feelings Sympathy and Benevolence Nobility Self-Development Aspiration without an Object Moral Optimism 12. Hero Worship Messiah Revelation Moral Inspiration Patriotism Politics Compensation 13. Love Home, Sweet Home Woman Sex Love 14. Hypocrisy Conformity Moral Pretension Evasion Anti-Hypocrisy Bibliography Index
	SYNOPSIS: In order to write believable fiction, it is necessary to know your characters. What is their background? What are their moral beliefs? What was their religious upbringing? All these, and more, affect the way they will act and react to any given situation in your novel. This is much easier in contemporary settings because we are living in the social attitudes of the day. To write historicals, however, one must know how the Victorian mind thought. How the Victorian mind was shaped by social mores of the day. This book is an excellent reference on the topic. You can learn how the Victorians lived and how their outside world influenced their lives. A great resource for digging deep into your characters. TO ORDER THIS BOOK, CLICK HERE! To The Top \| Back to Current Feature Page About Literary Liaisons \| Author Links \| Bookstore Index \| Fiction \| Non-Fiction \| Used Book Store \| Victorian Research Guide \| 101 Organizing Tips \| Video Library \| Newsletter \| Research Articles \| Reference Books \| On-line Resources \| Web Design \| RWA Chapters \| Sign Our Guestbook \| Contact Us \| Home This page last updated July 15, 2007 Copyright 2007, Literary Liaisons, Ltd. Artwork courtesy of Marvelicious and Angel's Free Web graphics