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British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics&victorians Popular Culture
From circuses and 'freak shows' to broadsides and novels, from pleasure gardens and music halls to chapbooks and penny dreadfuls, Georgian and Victorian Britain offered the public a rich range of affordable entertainments. Read more...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Poetry
The Victorian period heralded a new wave of poetry that was influenced by its Romantic predecessors yet distinctly different. Read articles on how the Victorian poets approached composition, form and language, and what inspired their...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Fin De Siecle
Read articles that address the following questions about the end of the 19th-century literature: What are the key tropes of late 19th-century literature? How did writers respond to the desires and anxieties of the time? How did...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel
These articles answer the following questions about novels between 1832-1880: From Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell to George Eliot, how did the writers of this period use fantasy, realism, sensationalism, and...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel
From the origins of the Gothic to depictions of the emerging middle-classes, these articles explore the key characteristics of late 18th- and early 19th-century literature.
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British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics & Victorians Reading and Print
How did rising literacy rates, libraries, and new technologies influence literature and reading habits during the Romantic and Victorian periods? These resources answer this question.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians London
From Wordsworth's Westminster Bridge to Blake's Chimney Sweepers; from Dickens's pickpockets to Jack the Ripper; and from Wells's War of the Worlds to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes; discover the diverse ways in which writers in this...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Crime
These articles research the following questions related to the Victorian Age: Why was crime such a popular subject in 19th-century fiction? How did literature balance fear, social commentary, and entertainment? How were gruesome murders...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Childhood
These articles research how childhood was depicted in the literature of the 18th and 19th century, and how perceptions of childhood were different from those of today.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Gothic
Gothic fiction has intrigued and unsettled readers for more than two centuries. These articles research how these works reflect the political, social, and cultural contexts in which they were written.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Romanticism
What inspired the iconic poetry of the Romantic period, and how did the Romantic poets portray landscape, class, radicalism, and the sublime? Find out from this collection of articles.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Themes
From Romantic poetry to Gothic horror, from depictions of poverty and industrialization to portrayals of the middle classes, and from crime fiction to fin de siecle decadence: the literary works of the Romantic and Victorian periods...
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British Library: People: Lewis Carroll
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Lewis Carroll. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: Lord Byron
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Lord Byron. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: Robert Burns
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Robert Burns. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: Emily Bronte
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Emily Bronte. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: Charlotte Bronte
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Charlotte Bronte. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: William Blake
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of William Blake. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: Jane Austen
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Jane Austen. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: William Wordsworth
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of the poet William Wordsworth. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: Oscar Wilde
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Oscar Wilde. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: h.g. Wells
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of H.G.Wells. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Library: People: Anthony Trollope
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Anthony Trollope. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.