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The Cambridge Apostles, 1820–1914

Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life

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Cambridge University Pres
28 December 1998

History; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Social groups: clubs & societies; Freemasonry & secret societies; Universities

This book offers a highly engaging history of the world's most famous secret society, the Cambridge 'Apostles', based upon the lives, careers and correspondence of the 255 Apostles elected to the Cambridge Conversazione Society between 1820 and 1914. It examines the way in which the Apostles recruited their membership, the Society's discussions and its intellectual preoccupations. From its pages emerge such figures as F. D. Maurice, John Sterling, John Mitchell Kemble, Richard Trench, Fenton Hort, James Clerk Maxwell, Henry Sidgwick, Lytton Strachey, E. M. Forster, and John Maynard Keynes. The careers of these and many other leading Apostles are traced, through Parliament, government, letters, and in public school and university reform. The book also makes an important contribution in discussing the role of liberalism, imagination, and friendship at the intersection of the life of learning and public life. This is a major contribution to the intellectual and social history of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, and to the history of the University of Cambridge. It demonstrates in impressive depth just how and why the Apostles forged original themes in modern intellectual life.

By: W. C. Lubenow (Richard Stockton College New Jersey)
Imprint: Cambridge University Pres
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 840g
ISBN: 9780521572132
ISBN 10: 0521572134
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 28 December 1998
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

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'This is a scholarly book, deep and learned, tightly focused but not without consideration of the wider context in which it sits.' Cambridge

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Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life

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