The Victorian Period (1833-1901)

I. Historical Background A. Living in the Victorian Age B. A Reforming Age C. The Imperialist Urge D. Britain as a World Power E. Victorian Thought II. Literature of the Period A. Romanticism and Realism B. Naturalism C. Pre-Raphaelites D. Victorian Poetry 1. Tennyson 2. The Brownings 3. Arnold, Hardy, Housman 4. Kipling 5. Hopkins E. Victorian Drama F. Victorian Fiction 1. Bronte Sisters 2. Dickens 3. Realist Fiction 4. Women Novelists 5. Hardy and late Victorian fiction G. Prose Nonfiction Names and Terms

Queen Victoria Corn Laws Victorian Reformation Imperialism Crimean War Romanticism Realism Naturalism Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Victorian Fiction

Questions

1. What factors fed the growth of an industrial working class and a modern middle class during this period? 2. For what reasons did many Britons support a policy of imperialism? 3. Why is the novel considered a typically Victorian literary form? 4. Name two consequences of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. 5. Name two key concerns of Victorian reformers. Whom did they seek to help? 6. Name three reasons Victorians gave for establishing colonies overseas. 7. List five colonies Britain acquired. 8. Name two issues that concerned Victorian thinkers. 9. What defined the Realist literary movement? 10. What defined the Naturalist literary movement? 11. Name a group or writer who turned away from realistic depictions of life. 12. Name one Victorian poet influenced by the Romantics. 13. Name one influenced by Realism. 14. Name one influenced by Naturalism.