18301901 The Victorian Age The Norton Anthology of English Literature Norton E The Young Victoria httpwwwimdbcomvideoimdbvi1040843545 httpwwwimdbcomvideoimdbvi3175810329 fileCDocuments and SettingsCherylMy DocumentsMy PicturesQueen VictoriaIMDBht ID: 773362
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1830-1901 The Victorian Age The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Norton E
The Young Victoria http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1040843545/ http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3175810329/ file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Cheryl/My Documents/My Pictures/Queen Victoria_IMDB.ht Queen Victoria
Responsible for bringing England to its highest point John Stuart Mill stated “we are living in an age of transition” Became the center of Influence in the world England transformed into an Industrial Center with, resources of steam power, railways, iron ships, looms, and printing presses In literature, the Victorian period was a “richly complex example of a society struggling with the issues and problems we identify with modernism” Queen Victoria 1837 – 1901
Time of economic distress Reform Bill 1832 – right to vote for all males owning property worth 10 pounds Included low middle classes but not working class Reform Bill – beginning of new age, economic gain 1837 – fall from prosperity, series of bad harvest, unemploymentCorn Laws –refers to wheat and other grains—law regulated tariffs on imported products 1846 Corn Laws repealed, system of free trade initiated The Early Period 1830-48 A Time of Troubles
Elizabeth Barrett Browning “The Cry of the Children “ (1843) Addresses the horrifying conditions of child labor. Children five to twelve years old working in the coal mines. Owners of mine and factories working under the “economic theory of laissez-faire , which assumed that unregulated working conditions would ultimately benefit everyone.
George Sand, French Novelist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sand Aurore Lucile Dupin , later Baroness Dudevant (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pseudonym George Sand considered a feminist authored literary and political criticism. Her novels: Valentine Indiana 1838 Lelia 1833 Mauprat 1837 Consuelo 1843-44
Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert encouraged free tradeFactory Act insured child labor was regulated limiting hours and enforcing improved working conditionsPrince Albert opened the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, giant glass greenhouse with exhibits of modern industry and science Church Divided into 3 major divisions: Evangelicals, Low Church and High Church Darwin, The Origin of Species and The Descent of ManThe Mid victorian Age (1848 – 70)
1867, new Reform Bill extending the right to vote to working classes1887-1897 considered the Jubilee years – time of serenity and security London – center of civilization Proliferation in commodities, inventions, products that were changing into a more modern society Development of trade unions The Late Period (1870-1901)Decay of Victorian Values
Reform bills gave men right to vote, but not womenEducational and employment opportunities still limited Woman’s Question debates on women’s roles ignited Custody Act of 1839 The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 1848 – establishment of first women’s college in LondonLower classes of women worked in factoriesRole of Women
Alfred Lord Tennyson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson Tennyson’s home Farringford, in the village of Freshwater, the Isle of Wright Alfred Lord Tennyson with his wife Emily and sons: Arthur Hallam and Lionel
Poetry invoked visual impression with emotionsCreating a pictureBeautiful cadences Alliteration Vowel sound “Tone becomes the sign of the feeling” (997)Alfred Lord Tennyson"Tears Idle Tears" (1135-1136)
Wrote series of books for improving women’s duties Sarah Stickney Ellis The Women of England: Their Social Duties and Domestic Habits http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/womenLit/literary_market/Stickney_Ellis_L.htm
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) from "Silly Novels by Lady Novelist" Criticized trivial and ridiculous plots written by some women Praised the realism of some novels Emphasis placed on realistic story telling. Her Novels : Silas Marner (1861) Adam Bede (1859) The Mill on the Floss (1860) Daniel Deronda (1876) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eliot
Charlotte Bronte – Jane EyreEmily Bronte – Wuthering Heights Anne Bronte – Pseudonyms Acton, Currer & Ellis Bell Charlotte, Emily, Anne Bronte