Victorian literature
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- | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''Victorian literature''' is the literature produced during the reign of [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] ([[1837]]—[[1901]]) and corresponds to the [[Victorian era]]. It forms a link and transition between the writers of the [[Romanticism|romantic]] period and the very different [[literature of the 20th century]]. |
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+ | The 19th century saw the [[novel]] become the leading form of literature in English. The works by pre-Victorian writers such as [[Jane Austen]] and [[Walter Scott]] had perfected both closely-observed social satire and adventure stories. Popular works opened a market for the novel amongst a reading public. The 19th century is often regarded as a high point in [[British literature]] as well as in other countries such as [[France]], the [[United States of America]] and [[Russia]]. Books, and novels in particular, became ubiquitous, and the "Victorian novelist" created legacy works with continuing appeal. | ||
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+ | Significant Victorian novelists and poets include: the [[Brontë|Brontë sisters]], ([[Anne Brontë|Anne]], [[Emily Brontë|Emily]] and [[Charlotte Brontë]]), [[Robert Browning]], [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]], [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]], [[Lewis Carroll]], [[Wilkie Collins]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Benjamin Disraeli]], [[George Eliot]], [[Elizabeth Gaskell]], [[George Gissing]], [[Thomas Hardy]], [[A. E. Housman]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], [[Bram Stoker]], [[Philip Meadows Taylor]], [[Lord Alfred Tennyson]], [[William Thackeray]], [[Anthony Trollope]] and [[Oscar Wilde]]. | ||
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Victorian literature is the literature produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837—1901) and corresponds to the Victorian era. It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the very different literature of the 20th century.
The 19th century saw the novel become the leading form of literature in English. The works by pre-Victorian writers such as Jane Austen and Walter Scott had perfected both closely-observed social satire and adventure stories. Popular works opened a market for the novel amongst a reading public. The 19th century is often regarded as a high point in British literature as well as in other countries such as France, the United States of America and Russia. Books, and novels in particular, became ubiquitous, and the "Victorian novelist" created legacy works with continuing appeal.
Significant Victorian novelists and poets include: the Brontë sisters, (Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë), Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Lewis Carroll, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Gissing, Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Philip Meadows Taylor, Lord Alfred Tennyson, William Thackeray, Anthony Trollope and Oscar Wilde.