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The Victorian Age1832-1900Victorian literature is just literature written during the reign of Queen Victoria in Great Britain.
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Reign: 1837-1901 · She had the longest reign in British history · Became queen at the age of 18; she was graceful and self-assured. She also had a gift for drawing and painting · Throughout her reign, she maintained a sense of dignity and decorum that restored the average person’s high opinion of the monarchy after a series of horrible, ineffective leaders · 1840-Victoria married a German prince, Albert, who became not king, but Prince-consort · After he died in 1861, she sank into a deep depression and wore black every day for the rest of her life The Growth of the British Empire
The Industrial Revolution · Factory systems emerged · The shift in the English economy moved away from agriculture and toward the production of manufactured goods · 1833-Britain abolished slavery/Factory Act-regulated child labor in factories · 1834-Poor Law-Amendment applied a system of workhouses for poor people · 1871-Trade Union Act-made it legal for laborers to organize to protect their rights Religious Movement in Victorian England · Evangelical Movement: emphasized a Protestant faith in personal salvation through Christ. This movement swept through England. Led to the creation of the Salvation Army and YMCA. · Oxford Movement (Tractarians): sought to bring the official English Anglican Church closer in rituals and beliefs to Roman Catholicism Literature · Victorian writers dealt with the contrast between the prosperity of the middle and upper classes and the wretched condition of the poor. · In the late 1800s, they also analyzed the loss of faith in traditional values. · Late Romantic literature includes some of the greatest and most popular novels ever written. Realism · The attempt to produce in art and literature an accurate portrayal of reality · Realistic, detailed descriptions of everyday life, and of its darker aspects, appealed to many readers disillusioned by the “progress” going on around them. · Themes in Realist writing included families, religion, and social reform Naturalism · Based on the philosophical theory that actions and events are the results not of human intentions, but of largely uncontrollable external forces · Authors chose subjects and themes common to the lower and middle classes · Attentive to details, striving for accuracy and authenticity in their descriptions
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