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Welcome. INTRODUCTION TO VICTORIAN AGE. Network Society. Prof. Solomon Asha Joseph Assistant Professor Department of English Christian College, Chegannur. The age spans from 1837 to1901 which marks the ascension to the throne and death of Queen Victoria, respectively

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  1. Welcome INTRODUCTION TO VICTORIAN AGE

  2. Network Society Prof. Solomon Asha Joseph Assistant Professor Department of English Christian College, Chegannur

  3. The age spans from 1837 to1901 which marks the ascension to the throne and death of Queen Victoria, respectively • Victoria’s long reign of 64 years marked by peace and prosperity • The age witnessed great scientific advancement, industrial and mechanical progress, material affluence and democratic reforms • Spread of education, idealism, scepticism and pessimism Network Society

  4. Social Reforms: • Second Reform Bill of 1867- Granted virtual suffrage to adult males • Third Reform Bill of 1884-granted franchise to agricultural labourers • Education Act of 1870-primary education made available to every child in England • Trade Unions legalized in 1871 Origins

  5. Industrial and technological development: • Establishment of railway lines • Use of Power looms-made Britain superior in Cotton and textile • Also held supremacy in shipping and iron and steel industry • Great Exhibition of 1851-established Britain as the leading industrial power • Discovery of anaesthesia, antiseptic and vaccination improved the life of people

  6. Jeremy Bentham’s Utilitarian Philosophy based on the principle that human happiness is the basis of all human activity influenced democratic reforms • Darwin’s theory of evolution shook the foundation of religion resulting in scepticism • Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud also exerted great influence on Victorian thought and literature

  7. Great variety of prose, poetry and fiction flourished during this period • Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning and Mathew Arnold are the prominent poets of the age • Robert Browning popularized Dramatic Monologue • Realistic Fiction was popular. • Charles Dickens and George Eliot are among the important writers Conclusion

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