The Art of Victorian Prose

aesthetic analysis argument Arnold attempt become begin called Carlyle Carlyle's century characteristic concerned course criticism Darwin described discussion distinction early effect English essay example existence experience expression fact feeling figure final force given gives hand History human ideas imaginative important individual intellectual interest kind language later least less linguistic literary literature living logical London look Macaulay Macaulay's manner matter means merely Mill Milton mind moral nature never non-fiction noted object once organic Origin paragraph particular passage Pater pattern perhaps person philosophical phrase poetry possible practical precisely present principle prose question reader reason refer relation response result rhetoric Ruskin seems sense sentence structure style stylistic suggest theory thing thought tion true Victorian vision whole writer