Politics And Culture In Victorian Britain: Essays In Memory Of Colin Matthew

POLITICS AND CULTURE IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN colin matthew Politics and Culture in Victorian Britain Essays in Memory of Colin Matthew Edited by PETER GHOSH and L AWRENCE GOLDMAN 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © The several contributors 2006 The moral rights of the authors have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Biddles Ltd., King’s Lynn, Norfolk ISBN 0–19–925345–5 978–0–19–925345–6 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Contents 1. A Brief Word on ‘Politics’ and ‘Culture’ Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman 1 I 2. Colin Matthew (1941–1999) Boyd Hilton 3. Colin Matthew: A Memoir Ross McKibbin 4. Colin Matthew: A Bibliography Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman 11 28 35 II 5. Gladstone and Peel Peter Ghosh 6. Gladstone and a Liberal Theory of International Relations Martin Ceadel 7. The Enfranchisement of the Urban Poor in Late-Victorian Britain John Davis 8. The Defection of the Middle Class: The Endowed Schools Act, the Liberal Party, and the 1874 Election Lawrence Goldman 9. Liberal Passions: Reason and Emotion in Late- and Post-Victorian Liberal Thought Michael Freeden 45 74 95 118 136 III 10. The Church of England and Women’s Higher Education, c.1840–1914 Janet Howarth 11. Protestant Histories: James Anthony Froude, Partisanship and National Identity Jane Garnett 153 171 vi Contents 12. Roman Candles: Catholic Converts among Authors in Late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain Philip Waller 13. Scenes from Professional Life: Medicine, Moral Conduct, and Interconnectedness in Middlemarch Margaret Pelling 14. Victorian Interpretations of Thomas Hobbes Jose Harris Index 192 220 237 261 1 A Brief Word on ‘Politics’ and ‘Culture’ Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman The intellectual engagement and respe