About this book
Step into the debates of the late Victorian age with The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various — a richly varied collection of essays that maps the intellectual currents of 1879. This non-fiction compendium brings together leading voices on geopolitics, science, religion, and culture: from Sir Walter H. Medhurst’s reflections on China and Lieut. Colonel R. D. Osborn on India and Afghanistan, to St. George Mivart’s natural-history studies, Vernon Lee’s take on Renaissance artistic dualism, and Max Müller’s exploration of freedom. Contributors probe archaeology and ancient myth, political ferment in Russia and Turkey, Comte’s social philosophy, and comparative religion and literature across Europe and the East.
Framed by the concerns of the British imperial era, these essays blend scientific inquiry, classical scholarship, and contemporary reportage, offering snapshots of Victorian thought on empire, ethics, and the natural world. As an essay/short nonfiction volume, it captures debates that shaped modern humanities and social sciences.
Ideal for historians, students of 19th-century ideas, or listeners fascinated by intellectual history, this audiobook delivers a panoramic, accessible tour of Victorian scholarship and the global issues that preoccupied its thinkers.
