Victorian literature - Wikipedia
WEBVictorian literature is English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). The 19th century is considered by some the Golden Age of English Literature, especially for British novels. [1] In the Victorian era, the novel became the leading literary genre in …
Victorian Literature - New World Encyclopedia
WEBVictorian literature is the body of poetry, fiction, essays, and letters produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901) and during the era which bears her name. It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the modernist literature of the twentieth century.
The Victorian Era - Poetry Foundation
WEBThe following poets, poems, guides, articles, and recordings survey the many poetries springing up during the Victorian era. Included are laureates and bestsellers, as well as marginalized poets recovered by 20th- and 21st-century readers.
English literature - Victorian, Poetry, Novels | Britannica
WEBJul 22, 2024 · Victorian literature began with such humorous books as Sartor Resartus and The Pickwick Papers. Despite the crisis of faith, the “Condition of England” question, and the “ache of modernism,” this note was sustained throughout the century.
Victorian Age in English Literature
WEBOct 8, 2023 · Explore the rich tapestry of Victorian Age in English Literature: From Dickens to Brontë, delve into a world of social change, moral dilemmas, and timeless classics. Discover the literary treasures that defined an era.
Victorian Literature | Overview, Authors & Literary Works
WEBNov 21, 2023 · Explore Victorian authors and their style of prose and poetry. Learn about the major events of the Victorian era of literature. Updated: 11/21/2023.
7.1: The Victorian Era (1832–1901) - Humanities LibreTexts
WEBJan 13, 2023 · Identify and explain the conflicts that defined the Victorian Era. Assess the ways in which these conflicts influenced Victorian literature. List, define, and give examples of typical forms of Victorian literature.
English literature - Victorian, Post-Romantic, Poetry | Britannica
WEBJul 22, 2024 · English literature - Victorian, Post-Romantic, Poetry: Self-consciousness was the quality that John Stuart Mill identified, in 1838, as “the daemon of the men of genius of our time.” Introspection was inevitable in the literature of an immediately Post-Romantic period, and the age itself was as prone to self-analysis as were its individual ...
How the Victorians Created the Modern English Novel - Literary …
WEBMar 2, 2023 · The Victorian era is when modern English literature as we know it began. It is not only Victorian genres that feel familiar to us: they also wrote about a lot of themes that still interest and concern us in the modern world.
The Cambridge History of Victorian Literature
WEBThis collaborative History aims to become the standard work on Victorian literature for the twenty-first century. Well-known scholars introduce readers to their particular fields, discuss influential critical debates and offer illuminating contextual detail to situate authors and works in their wider cultural and historical contexts.
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