British Aestheticism and the Urban Working Classes, 1870–1900

1. What is Missionary Aestheticism? An Introduction
Diana Maltz

2. The Social Strands of Aestheticism
Diana Maltz

3. Octavia Hill and the Aesthetics of Victorian Tenement Reform
Diana Maltz

4. ‘In ample halls adorned with mysterious things aesthetic’: Toynbee Hall as Aesthetic Haven
Diana Maltz

5. The Museum Opening Debate and the Combative Discourses of Sabbatarianism and Missionary Aestheticism
Diana Maltz

6. ‘Art is the Handmaid of Religion’: Slum Ritualism as Missionary Aestheticism
Diana Maltz

7. George Gissing’s Hopes and Fears for a Popular British Aestheticism
Diana Maltz

8. Conclusion: Missionary Aestheticism as Emancipatory Aesthetics?
Diana Maltz

Keywords: Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, History of Britain and Ireland, British and Irish Literature, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Arts