In the Philosophy of Nonsense: The Institutions of Victorian Nonsense Literature‚ Jean-Jacques Lecercle explicates literary nonsense: “[it] both supports the myth of an informative and communicative language and deeply subverts it by first whetting then frustrating the readers deep-seated need for meaning.” Lewis Carroll‚ author of Alice in Wonderland‚ fabricates a humorous‚ yet visceral reflection of the world we live in by juxtaposing Alice’s need to implement the rules of the world above and Wonderland’s
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3 October 2012 Oscar Wilde‚ Victorian or Anti-Victorian? Oscar Wilde was a writer during the end of the Victorian era. This is one of the reasons that it is difficult‚ and still debated‚ whether he was a Victorian writer or not. His private life was far from the puritanical image of the Victorian era. The Victorian age was full of rigid sensibilities‚ while the anti-Victorian movement veered in the complete opposite direction. The anti-Victorians were much more adventurous with sex. There
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Akhil Cherukupally Professor Shamiryan English 102 24 July 2013 Desiree: A Symbol for Victorian Woman Gender roles were very much defined in the Victorian era and there was not much room open to interpretation. Men and women both had clear roles in society and very rarely did any gender step outside that position within the social hierarchy. These roles were defined by the sex and color of a person. Kate Chopin exemplifies these roles very accurately within her story‚ Desiree’s Baby. In the
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After learning about the Victorian Era‚ we watched the film/play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest is a satire comedy where the main characters‚ John and Algernon‚ create fictitious people to escape from oppressive social obligations. Before watching the film‚ I had no clue what the play was about. I honestly had never really heard of the characteristics and social classes of the Victorian Era. After watching the play‚ I now have a better understanding
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Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities Institute of English Studies Aleksandra Wiwała Student’s book no.: 22602 Different aspects of freedom in The French Lieutenant ’s Woman by John Fowles Term Paper First Cycle Degree Programme English Philology‚ specialization: cultural studies The paper written under the supervision of Mikołaj Wiśniewski‚ PhD Warsaw‚ January 2012 Introduction “Lock up your libraries if
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John Fowles’ The French Lieutenant’s Woman examines the social conventions in the 19th century by exploring ideas of sexual repression‚ class structures and the moral responsibilities that accompany it. Women of the middle and upper classes were sexually ignorant before marriage. In the novel‚ we learn from Grogan that at least one couple he knew thought that the navel was the point of entry for sex. Ernestina‚ who is typical of the time‚ will not even allow herself to look at her own naked body
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Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti in Historical Context Victorian Era: Victorian Britain‚ 1837 - 1901 Christina Rossetti * Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic‚ devotional‚ and children’s poems * Family: Born in London to Gabriele Rossetti‚ a poet and a political exile from Vasto‚ Abruzzo‚ and Frances Polidori‚ the sister of Lord Byron’s friend and physician‚ John William Polidori. She had two brothers and
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Children in Victorian Britain Introduction “May I have some more?” The classic line from Oliver twist that everybody seems to know. It gives us an insight on what many Victorian children had to go through. But what else was there other than the well-known fact that children were sent to work at the measly age of 4? Other than children were better of seen than heard. In this I will describe to you the typical childhood that most children rich or poor lead from birth to school. Lets start with
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Chapter 1: Two American children‚ Mary and Peter go to visit their uncle‚ Keith‚ in Adelaide. On their way they get lost in the Australian outback after a plane crash. They don’t know where to go and how to find food in the desert. At night‚ strange animals are interested in them but don’t attack them. On the following day‚ they climb a mountain and Mary‚ the elder child‚ realises they are far away from the sea. Chapter 2: The next day‚ as the children are gathering food‚ they discover that a
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Gwendolen and Cecily in Victorian age and today The Victorian age is considered to be one of the most prudent ages throughout of history. It is mainly based on your appearance. This means that the most important thing back then was to present as much as perfect as you can. It is crucial for them to be very appreciated by other people. This age can be described as very hypocrite because no one is perfect so lying and pretending in order to present as a “saint” is absurd but in that age it meant
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