Victorian PeriodPrepared By: Zana Muhamad

Awara Sherko Hemn Musa

Historical Events In Victorian Era

Queen Victoria (1837- 1901)

Married women’s property and rights

Victorian Poetry Many characteristics of romantic poetry continued in poetry of the

Victorian period. - However, Victorian poetry, in general, is less subjective than the romantic. - An interest in the past, both the classical and the medieval, appears in the subjects, and in the use of mythological and historical allusions. - The dramatic monologue is used greatly by the poets. - The themes are more realistic, discussing such issues as child labor, the rights of women, science and religion.- Victorian poetry is mostly pictorial, heavily relying on visual imagery.- The elegy is one of the most popular poetic forms in the period, a form of poetry that laments the dead or the past.- Victorian poetry is often characterized by doubt and psychological conflicts.

The Great Poets of the Period

Robert BrowningAlfred TennysonElizabeth Barrett

Browning

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Thomas HardyChristina Rossetti

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early

19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing,

mining, and transportation had a profound effect on the

socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain. The Industrial

Revolution gathered steam, and accelerated the migration of the

population from countryside to city. Britain changes from a rural

society to an urban one. It was dramatically changed people’s

lifestyles .

 

The Age of Steam

Mass Production

The Impacts of the Industrial Revolution The old rural social pattern was receded

Diseases , hunger, poverty… were raised

dirty and unhealthy conditions

Peoples left the countryside to work in factories

Child labour

Chimney Sweeper

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