{"product_id":"charles-kingsley","title":"Charles Kingsley","description":"\u003cp\u003eNovelist, poet, Anglican priest, and controversialist, Charles Kingsley (1819–75) epitomizes the bustling Victorian man of faith and letters, a prolific polymath as ready to break a lance with John Henry Newman over Christian doctrine as he was to preach to schoolchildren on the virtues of manly, physical struggle. Kingsley’s \u003ci\u003eThe Water-Babies \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWestward Ho! \u003c\/i\u003ewere best-sellers which became classics of children’s literature. Kingsley has come to epitomize the Victorian age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn closer inspection, Kingsley is harder to categorize: a socialist who was also an imperialist, a Chartist revolutionary who was Queen Victoria’s favourite novelist, a natural theologian who popularized Darwin, a priest who celebrated sex as sacrament. Kingsley only appears straightforward if you consider him one piece at a time. The debates he shaped remain with us today: faith and sexuality, economics and exploitation, race and identity. The aim of this book is to present the whole man: to consider the public crusades for public health alongside the most private fantasies of sexual intercourse; to consider the ardent imperialist alongside the Darwinist. It will be of interest to all students of Victorian studies, as well as of British\/Imperial history, church history, and especially the history of science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232595202392,"sku":"9780367679323","price":56.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367679323.jpg?v=1777192257","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/charles-kingsley","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}