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The Victorian Era

The Victorian Era. Finding a representative poem difficult, because:. Romantic/Victorian distinction not sharp long era--lots of poetry and it varied “representative” implies a unified entity, but the Victorian era was the one which called unity into question.

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The Victorian Era

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  1. The Victorian Era

  2. Finding a representative poem difficult, because: • Romantic/Victorian distinction not sharp • long era--lots of poetry and it varied • “representative” implies a unified entity, but the Victorian era was the one which called unity into question

  3. Era of exposure to other ways of thinking: • Railroads • Age of Empire

  4. Era of rapid change: • Industrialization • Political reform • Beginnings of women’s movement • Beginnings of religious doubt on wide scale • Progress

  5. So the representative poem… • Could represent doubt and fragmentation directly, e.g. “Dover Beach” • Could invoke issues of perspective and point of view in its form: dramatic monologue • In comparison, then...

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