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1897

1897. 1840. 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.

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1897

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  1. 1897 1840

  2. General “Victorian” Background • “________” development • Increased industrialism, plus trade & manufacturing, equals increased wealth

  3. General “Victorian” Background • Increase in rights for the ___________ and lower-____________ classes

  4. General “Victorian” Background • Improved ___________ conditions for the labor class

  5. General “Victorian” Background • Questioning of long held _______________ • Spurred by the development of various sciences and scientific discoveries

  6. General “Victorian” Background • Drastic increase in __________&___________ which impacted many aspects of life • Including:

  7. Victorian Literature • Novels • ____________ • Often published in _________ • Frequently featuring a protagonist in “social relationships of the ____________ society”

  8. 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”

  9. 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”

  10. 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

  11. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Poetry http://librivox.org/long-poems-collection-001/ (cry children) http://www.florin.ms/AuroraLeigh.html (book 2)

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