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Exploring the Victorian Period: Literature, Change, and Social Movements

The Victorian Period marked a time of profound change in society, with women's rights emerging as a key issue and the rise of the middle class. Literature flourished alongside these transformations, with essays, novels, and poetry becoming increasingly popular. Notable authors like Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, and George Eliot wrote works that captured the essence of human characteristics and societal shifts. Their literature, often dark and realistic, aimed to inspire change and reflect the era's complexities. Discover the interplay of faith and reason in the poetry of this influential period.

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Exploring the Victorian Period: Literature, Change, and Social Movements

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  1. The Victorian Period Cameron Terry

  2. I do what I want period • Everybody wanted to change everything • Woman rights became an issue • Middle class arose • People were against everything society had deemed acceptable up-to this point.

  3. literature • All about the change • Essays and novels were in growing popularity alongside poetry. • Poets were the last to catch on to the movement which spoke about change in a realistic and almost monotone matter. Generally speaking about something the author saw as icky. • Often dark • A lot about human characteristics • Much like greek literature in that the literature is to inspire change • Descriptive

  4. Main people • Charles dickens • Oscar wilde • Rudyard kipling • George elliot • Just a few of the famous names tagged in this era

  5. Works • Oliver twist • A christmas carol • Jan eyre

  6. In Memoriam by Lord Alfred Tennyson • Strong Son of God, immortal Love, • Whom we, that have not seen thy face, • By faith, and faith alone, embrace, • Believing where we cannot prove; • Thine are these orbs of light and shade; • Thou madest Life in man and brute; • Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot • Is on the skull which thou hast made.

  7. The rhyme scheme is set up ABBA • Definitely a rhyme scheme • Written with an outright message, the meaning may be deeper than the words but it is easy to understand what is happening at the surface level of the work. Few literary devices are used to produce symbolic meanings. • He is Talking about his faith alongside science

  8. http://www.online-literature.com/periods/victorian.php • http://faculty.unlv.edu/kirschen/handouts/victorian.html • http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/pva/pva90.html

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