The Ritual Culture of Victorian Professionals - 9781409470465

Taylor & Francis

Focusing on the middle decades of the nineteenth century, Pionke\u2019s book historicizes the relationship of ritual, class and public status in Victorian England. Through analysis of magazines, court cases, law books, manuals and works by authors that include William Makepeace Thackeray, Thomas Hughes, Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Pionke\u2019s book excavates Victorian professionals' vital ritual culture and writers\u2019 place in the zero-sum contest for professional status. > Focusing on the middle decades of the nineteenth century, Albert D. Pionke's book historicizes the relationship of ritual, class, and public status in Victorian England. His analysis of various discourses related to professionalization suggests that public ritual flourished during the period, especially among the burgeoning ranks of Victorian professions. As Pionke shows, magazines, court cases, law books, manuals, and works by authors that include William.