epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters. The epistolary form can add greater realism to a story‚ because it mimics the workings of real life The founder of the epistolary novel in English is said by many to be James Howell (1594–1666) with "Familiar Letters"‚ who writes of prison‚ foreign adventure‚ and the love of women. There are two theories on the genesis of the epistolary novel. The first claims that the genre originated from novels with inserted
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GOTHIC NOVEL The word "Gothic" has ben variously defined and interpreteted by various writer. Leslie Fielder says that Gothic shoddy mystery-mongerine‚ whereas F. Gunworth Fields defines the Gothic tradition‚ as a literary exploration of avenues to death. The editions of "The Reader’s Companion to World Literature" consider the Gothic novel as a novel of horror based on supernatural. Montague summers maintains; Gothic was the essence of romanticism‚ and romanticism was the literary expression
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Victorian England Notes: * Many people born in the Victorian age were both factually uninformed and emotionally frigid about sexual matters. * French scholar Michel Foucault who argued that sex was not censored but subject to obsessive discussion as a central discourse of power‚ bent on regulation rather than suppression. This helps explain why sexuality looms so large in art and medicine‚ for example‚ as well as in studies of the Victorian age. * The public discussion of sexual matters
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Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9‚ are apt at critiquing victorian society. Yet‚ the plays are somewhat thematically different. The critiques present in The Importance of Being Earnest focus on the victorian obsession with appearances‚ whereas those in Cloud 9 have a greater emphasis on colonialism and the repression of gender and sexuality. Both works are highly relevant to the society and time in which they were published. Hence‚ although both critique victorian society‚ Churchill also discusses modern society
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Diseases and Treatments in the Victorian Era By: Will Kraemer September 28‚ 2011 Outline I- Introduction: the thoughts and ideas about diseases. II- Body: living conditions/ why they got sick 1. How the filth and grime led to diseases 2. Home-remedies 3. Death III- Body: Diseases 1. Cholera 2. Tuberculosis 3. Typhus IV- Body: Treatments and medical discoveries 1. Why they started caring about sanitation and hygiene 2. How they cured it before
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During the time of the Victorian Era‚ city life was a mixture of fascinations. interesting concepts and crucial aspects. There were a lot of workers‚ which was good‚ but there also many that were impoverished. In result‚ those in poverty went towards crime and murder. For workers‚ there many opportunities out there that they could have taken due improving technology‚ such as the railroad system in England. Another negative aspect of the city itself was that it was a dirty and unsanitary environment
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once stated “A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.” Although they have some minor differences‚ the similarities between child neglect in the Victorian Era‚ and child neglect today‚ are alike. In the Victorian Era‚ children were often neglected of food‚ clothes‚ and health. Today‚ when children are permanently taken away from their parents‚ it is usually because the parents were neglecting them of food‚ health‚ and clothes. They are often
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of the Victorian Era Writing is more than just clusters of words that fill the blank expanses of white pages but rather for expressing the fleeting imagination of the author’s mind. The Victorian Era‚ a time named for Queen Victoria’s reign in England from 1837-1901‚ was an era that had advancements in many fields‚ from science to literature (Rahn)‚ earning it the name of the Second English Renaissance and the Beginning of Modern Times (Miller). Novels played a huge role in Victorian literature
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Have you ever wondered what victorian child labor was like in victorian england? Well‚ it’s not like any thing like scones and tea. Children would climb up chimneys and if they got stuck the boss would light a fire to “encourage” the child or perhaps the story about the little girl who tried to run away but was caught and forced to stay in a dark attic with a adult corps‚ or maybe the young boy who got crushed and died instantly by a machine. Learn all about Child labor and the horrible working conditions
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Victorian England‚ especially London had a severe problem with poverty. Many people in London lived in poverty. Eliza is one of these many people that lived in poverty during the Victorian era in London. In the play Pygmalion and musical My Fair Lady‚ the main character‚ Eliza‚ is shown to be poor and living in poverty. Both the play and musical show how she lived in poverty and how her poorness hindered her from attaining a job. Since she cannot speak well she can’t get a job as a lady in a flower
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