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v. t. e. Literature of the 19th century refers to world literature produced during the 19th century. The range of years is, for the purpose of this article, literature written from (roughly) 1799 to 1900. Many of the developments in literature in this period parallel changes in the visual arts and other aspects of 19th-century culture.
Jul 25, 2022 · 1862 to 1873. The Church of England Temperance Society was founded in 1862 under chairman Archbishop Tait and was reconstituted in 1873. The organization strived to lobby against alcohol use and promoted total abstinence. The Church gained a substantial following of 200,000 members across 7,000 different branches.
Oscar Wilde, in person as in works, best represents the qualities of end-of-century Victorian writing. His focus on art for its own sake, his endless witty paradoxes, and his tendency to undercut earnest Victorian morality perfectly illustrate the mood of many artists at the end of the long 19th century.
The 19th century is considered by some the Golden Age of English Literature, especially for British novels. [1] In the Victorian era , the novel became the leading literary genre in English. English writing from this era reflects the major transformations in most aspects of English life, from scientific, economic, and technological advances to changes in class structures and the role of ...
The Victorian Era. An introduction to a period of seismic social change and poetic expansion. “The sea is calm tonight,” observes the somber speaker of Matthew Arnold’s “ Dover Beach ” (1867), listening to “the grating roar / Of pebbles” at the shore, “The eternal note of sadness” over the waters. In Arnold’s mid-19th ...
In the 19th century, historians believed that the evolution of the culture of a society could be traced through its literature. ‘Periods and movements’ looks at the ebbs and flows of the development of English literature. The English have traditionally been regarded as having far greater distinction in literature and theatre than in art and ...
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Take a few minutes to check out these quiet and lovely poems. William Blake: “Songs of Innocence and Experience,” 1789 and 1794; “The Book of Thel,” 1789-91; “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,” 1790-93; “Auguries of Innocence,” 1803 (pub 1863). Like his fellow poets Romantic Wordsworth, Shelley, and Byron, William Blake was ...
