18971840

General “Victorian” Background

• “________” development– Increased industrialism, plus trade &

manufacturing, equals increased wealth

General “Victorian” Background

• Increase in rights for the ___________ and lower-____________ classes

General “Victorian” Background

• Improved ___________ conditions for the labor class

General “Victorian” Background

• Questioning of long held _______________– Spurred by the development of various sciences

and scientific discoveries

General “Victorian” Background

• Drastic increase in __________&___________ which impacted many aspects of life – Including:

Victorian Literature

• Novels– ____________– Often published in _________– Frequently featuring a protagonist in “social

relationships of the ____________ society”

Victorian Literature

• Poetry– Innovation in writing styles• i.e. Dramatic ______________

– Commonly employed themes of “social ________ and reform”

– Often features • substantial __________ imagery• distinctive ___________ ( i.e. rhythm, rhyme, etc)• “poetry of ___________and character”

Victorian Literature

• Prose– i.e. history, biography, theology, criticism, essays– On “a wide range of ____________ topics…

writers [sought] to _____________ their readers to share their convictions and values”

Victorian Literature

• Drama/Theater– Very __________ throughout the age– Frequently featured __________, like those of

W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan– Did not achieve critical acclaim, for the most

part, until _________ in the age, with writers including George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde

http://librivox.org/long-poems-collection-001/(cry children)

http://www.florin.ms/AuroraLeigh.html(book 2)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Poetry