THE VICTORIAN NOVEL SPIS TREŚCI INTRODUCTION 1 I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOVEL 2 II KEY AUTHORS 3 III KEY TEXTS 3 IV TOPICS 3 INTRODUCTION Many associate the word “Victorian” with images of over-dressed ladies and snooty gentlemen gathered in reading rooms. The idea of “manners” does sum up the social climate of middle-class England in the nineteenth century. However‚ if there is one transcending aspect to Victorian England life and society‚ that aspect is change. Nearly every institution of society
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The Victorian Age 1832-1900 Even idleness is eager now‚ eager for amusement; prone to excursion-trains‚ artmuseums‚ periodical literature‚ and exciting novels. (George Eliot) General Info About the Time • Enormous changes occurred in political and social life in England and the rest of the world • The scientific and technical innovations of the Industrial Revolution‚ the emergence of modern nationalism‚ and the European colonization of much of Africa‚ the Middle East‚ and the Far
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Literary Background—Trends in the Victorian NovelWhen we speak of the Victorian novel we do not mean that there was a conscious school of the English novel‚ with a consciously common style and subject-matter‚ a school which began creating with the reign of Queen Victoria and which came to an end with the end of that reign. The English are too individualistic for such conformity. However‚ there can be no denying the fact that the English novel during second half of the nineteenth century‚ with the
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3.0. The Victorian Novel…………………………………………………………… page 8-17 4.0. Victorian Poetry…………………………………………………………………page 17-29 5.0. Other literatures of the period. …………………………………………..page 29-40 -Children’s literature -Drama -Science‚ philosophy and discovery -Nature writing -Supernatural and fantastic literature 6.0. Influence Of the Victorian age and Victorian literature……………page 40-43 7.0. A list of major writers of the Victorian period…………………………page
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The Victorian Period Queen Victoria The Victorian period formally begins in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen) and ends in 1901 (the year of her death). As a matter of expediency‚ these dates are sometimes modified slightly. 1830 is usually considered the end of the Romantic period in Britain‚ and thus makes a convenient starting date for Victorianism. Similarly‚ since Queen Victoria’s death occurred so soon in the beginning of a new century‚ the end of the previous century provides a useful
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The Victorian Woman and Feminism The image most of us have of the Victorian woman is home loving and devoted to family; one dressed in the finest fabrics encumbered under half a dozen crinolines and laced tightly in a corset. She is sympathetic‚ unselfish and sacrifices herself daily to be her husband’s best friend and companion‚ never his "competitor"‚ mindful and striving for the same goals as her husband. It is her job to take care of the children and run the household maintaining it as a tranquil
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The Victorian era‚ from the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837 until her death in 1901‚ was an era of several unsettling social developments that forced writers more than ever before to take positions on the immediate issues animating the rest of society. Thus‚ although romantic forms of expression in poetry and prose continued to dominate English literature throughout much of the century‚ the attention of many writers was directed‚ sometimes passionately‚ to such issues as the growth of English
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The Victorian Novel: main characteristics First of all in the Victorian Age the dominating literary form was the novel. It was in fact easier to be read and understood by simple people‚ its plot was more interesting than any other literary forms‚ the main protagonists of the novel were the same people who read it so that they felt deeply involved in the adventure told‚ the writer and his readers shared the same opinions‚ values and ideals because they belonged to the same middle class‚ the setting
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Victorian Thinkers (Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin) Victorian Thinkers contains studies of four of the most influential critics of 19th-century British culture. Each was heralded a prophet in his own lifetime‚ and yet each was also regarded as misguided‚ and even mad‚ by his contemporaries. Their interests in art and culture led them to develop views on society and economics. Carlyle was a writer of extraordinary stature‚ radical in thought and style; Ruskin‚ who began his career as a critic of
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Victorian Age (1837-1901) The label Victorian is given to the period of Queen Victoria’s reign‚ which is from the time of 1837 to 1901. This period consisted of continuity and a change. It was an extension of the Romantic age and also a break from it. There is consciousness of something having disappeared and something having almost appeared. Matthew Arnold spoke of living between two worlds‚ one dead‚ and the other two young to be born. There is conflict‚ doubt‚ nostalgia and uncertainty in the
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