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Victorian literature is English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). 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.
Victorian literature is the body of poetry, fiction, essays, and letters produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901) and during the era which bears her name. It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the modernist literature of the twentieth century.
Victorian literature began with such humorous books as Sartor Resartus and The Pickwick Papers. Despite the crisis of faith, the “Condition of England” question, and the “ache of modernism,” this note was sustained throughout the century.
Here is our list of the 10 Victorian novels we at Interesting Literature think everyone should read – whether because they’re great novels, because they tell us something important about Victorian society, because they stand as classics of the period, or (in most cases) all three. They’re not arranged in any particular order (that would ...
The English Victorian era, dating from about 1832 to 1901, gave birth to many of the works we now call “classic,” some of the best literature ever written in English. Now we think of the Victorian Age as quaint and old-fashioned, but in reality it was the era in which our own modern age began.
When Victorian poets looked back into literary history, they uncovered roles fit for dramatic reenactment in myth, Arthurian legend, and the plays of William Shakespeare.
Some of the best contemporary fiction has thrown open to doors to the Victorian age to tell gripping stories that also illuminate how we live today. Here are 20 of the best novels written during, or about, the Victorian era.
Victorian literature. English literature. Learn about this topic in these articles: Assorted References. major reference. In English literature: The post-Romantic and Victorian eras. Self-consciousness was the quality that John Stuart Mill identified, in 1838, as “the daemon of the men of genius of our time.”
Learning Objectives. Recognize and evaluate the influence that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert exerted on the last half of the 19th century. Identify and explain the conflicts that defined the Victorian Era. Assess the ways in which these conflicts influenced Victorian literature.
This guide contains links and references to a variety of literary and historical resources covering the Victorian period in Great Britain, both online and in print, that are available through the Cornell University Library. See also the guides to English Literature, Theater, and British History.