The Crystal Year
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Focuses on the year 1851 in English history and examines two contrary forces. Victorianism on the surface and Marxism smoldering beneath the surface. The Crystal Palace, as a symbol of a sense of achievement in the Victorian society, contrasted with the growing antibourgeois revolution., Focuses upon the year 1851 in English history to show the contrary forces of Victorianism on the surface of society and Marxism smoldering under the surface. Depicts the building and later burning of the Crystal Palace, called the last great symbol of Victorianism. Discusses the forces in society, epitomized by Marx, which were to undermine Victorian middle-class respectability.
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Focuses on the year 1851 in English history and examines two contrary forces. Victorianism on the surface and Marxism smoldering beneath the surface. The Crystal Palace, as a symbol of a sense of achievement in the Victorian society, contrasted with the growing antibourgeois revolution., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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