Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 30 views

    Characteristics of Victorian Literature

    Uploaded by

    romina
    Victorian literature emerged after the Romantic period and spanned 1837 to 1901. This time saw massive social, political, and economic changes in Britain as it became the wealthiest nation. Authors began exploring social problems caused by the industrial revolution and debated new ideas. The Victorian novel often portrayed idealized versions of difficult lives where perseverance was rewarded. Major authors included the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. In America, the Civil War transformed the country and urbanization increased as new ideas challenged traditional morality.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content

    You might also like

    Characteristics of Victorian Literature

    Uploaded by

    romina
    30 views6 pages
    Victorian literature emerged after the Romantic period and spanned 1837 to 1901. This time saw massive social, political, and economic changes in Britain as it became the wealthiest nation. Authors began exploring social problems caused by the industrial revolution and debated new ideas. The Victorian novel often portrayed idealized versions of difficult lives where perseverance was rewarded. Major authors included the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. In America, the Civil War transformed the country and urbanization increased as new ideas challenged traditional morality.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTORIAN LITERATURE (1)

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    Victorian literature emerged after the Romantic period and spanned 1837 to 1901. This time saw massive social, political, and economic changes in Britain as it became the wealthiest nation. Authors began exploring social problems caused by the industrial revolution and debated new ideas. The Victorian novel often portrayed idealized versions of difficult lives where perseverance was rewarded. Major authors included the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. In America, the Civil War transformed the country and urbanization increased as new ideas challenged traditional morality.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    30 views6 pages

    Characteristics of Victorian Literature

    Uploaded by

    romina
    Victorian literature emerged after the Romantic period and spanned 1837 to 1901. This time saw massive social, political, and economic changes in Britain as it became the wealthiest nation. Authors began exploring social problems caused by the industrial revolution and debated new ideas. The Victorian novel often portrayed idealized versions of difficult lives where perseverance was rewarded. Major authors included the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. In America, the Civil War transformed the country and urbanization increased as new ideas challenged traditional morality.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    of 6

    CHARACTERISTICS OF

    VICTORIAN LITERATURE
    OVERVIEW

     New period after the romantic revival


     1837 – 1901
     Britain became the wealthiest nation in the world
     Victorians made the first real attempts to fix the massive social problems
    caused by the Industrial and Democratic revolutions of the Romantic period
     society was engaged in the discussion and debate of new ideas and theories
     Time of HUGE social and political development
     Newly risen “middle class”
    THE LITERATURE Fusion
    The Style of the Victorian Novel
     Idealized portraits of difficult lives in which hard work, perseverance, love
    and luck win out in the end
     Central moral lesson at heart
     It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and
    the very different literature of the 20th century
     Popular works opened a market for the novel amongst a reading public
     Significant Victorian novelists and poets include: the Brontë sisters (Emily,
    Anne and Charlotte Brontë - Wuthering Heights - Agnes Grey - Jane Eyre),
    Charles Dickens (Great Expectations - A Christmas Carol - The Tales of two
    cities), George Eliot ( Middle March), Elizabeth Gaskell ( Wives and
    Daughters), Thomas Hardy ( Tess of the D’Ubervilles - The Return of the
    Native),Bram Stoker ( Dracula) , William Thackeray (The Wolves and the
    Lambs), Oscar Wilde ( The picture of Dorian Gray March) and H. G. Wells
    ( The Time Machine)
    United States of America

     The Civil War transformed regions into a nation: business and finance
     The gorwth of cities followed / railroads made entire nation accesible
     The ideas of Darwin and Spencer undermine the supernaturalistic basis of
    American Morality
     Realism and Naturalism were literary modes well suited to interpret a
    materialistic society
    VICTORIAN TIMES

    You might also like