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The Victorian Era

The Victorian Era. The sun never sets on the British Empire, and British policies make the world England. Historical Background . Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and died in 1901. She ruled England from 1837 until her death. She is the longest reigning monarch of England.

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The Victorian Era

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  1. The Victorian Era The sun never sets on the British Empire, and British policies make the world England.

  2. Historical Background • Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and died in 1901. • She ruled England from 1837 until her death. • She is the longest reigning monarch of England. • But her great-great granddaughter is giving her a run for her money. • She was married to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg from 1840 until his death in 1861. • Together, they had nine children. • They are called the “Grandparents of Europe.”

  3. Victoria’s Empire

  4. Common Themes of Victorian Lit Earnestness….Alfred, Lord Tennyson Respectability…..Oscar Wilde Evangelism….The Brontes Evolution and Progress…Charles Dickens Hypocrisy….Thomas Carlyle Restraint…..Matthew Arnold Utilitarianism….Dante Gabriel Rosetti and Christina Rosetti

  5. What influenced these writers? • Social changes • Child labor • Industrialization • Improved medicine • Urbanization • Public education for both sexes • Increase in population

  6. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

  7. Who was he? • Miss Hendricks’s second favorite poet of all time • August 5, 1809-October 6, 1892 • Married later in life due to a complicated romantic relationship • Two children, both sons • Poet laureate of England and one of Queen Victoria’s favorite poets • Influenced by mythology (Ulysses, Lady of Shalott)

  8. What did he write? Ulysses The Lady of Shalott In Memoriam A.H.H. The Charge of the Light Brigade

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