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    children (Women‚ 2016). The life of a woman was basically childhood‚ marriage‚ family‚ and death. Women never became artists or scholars. Men typically lived until the age of 45‚ and women to 36. Men were often 20 years older than their wife‚ therefore many women survived their husband and remarried. In this case‚ her new husband would gain her inheritance. The only crucial public role of women was to give birth to young citizens‚ more importantly males to be citizens and females to reproduce further

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    Imperial Britain in the Victorian Era: A Time of Change During the Victorian era‚ the British Empire thrived as the most powerful imperial force in the world. It was a time of great change: in addition to continued expansion of the empire‚ there were also many advances in science‚ as well as the start of an industrial revolution. According to Eric Hobsbawm‚ there are three primary demands a state makes in terms of public art and architecture: “the first is to glorify power itself‚ which in the European

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    During the Victorian Period‚ women did not have the right to vote‚ sue‚ or own property‚ so obviously‚ they still struggled with gaining respect from men and society‚ in general. However‚ following the Industrial Revolution‚ women participated more and more in the paid workforce in increasing numbers.Therefore‚ in the last years of the Victorian Period‚ increased strides for women’s rights really began occurring. Feminist ideas started to spread among the educated middle classes‚ discriminatory

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    Paper will start at the Victorian Era where studies about masculinity were first in focus. The following Paper will focus on masculinity and the Perception of “manliness”. First the concept of Victorian masculinity itself and its origin shall be defined with the help of secondary literature on the subject. The combination of theoretical approaches by Emma Foye Quinn‚ from Bucknell University and several other authors will provide an insight into the subject of Victorian

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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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    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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    The victorian era was an era of many advancements. Technical advancements‚ industrial advancements‚ and importantly‚ fashionable advancements. In the 1800s women wore modest yet flamboyant clothes. Regal looking but wild in pattern. In a time where a woman’s body is what made her or broke her‚ she sure did have some nice clothes. Victorian clothes were conservative and stiff‚ but as we delve into the past to look at these great fashions‚ you’ll see that these clothes were not only for other people

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    Poor Victorian Children -Since a large part of the poor children had to work public jobs to help support their families many parents thought of children as income‚ and having more children who worked raised the income of the home. Many parents had 10 or 12 or even more children for this reason alone. How old did children have to be to work in Victorian Times? -Victorian children would be made to go to work at a very young age. As unbelievable as it sounds‚ sometimes even 4 or 5 years old. Actually

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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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