English Literature: Victorians and Moderns
About This Book
1 Introduction Although Queen Victoria did not ascend to the throne until 1837, it is common to refer to the Victorian era as beginning in 1832, the year of both the First Reform Bill and the death of Sir Walter Scott, a major writer of the Romantic era. The main topics for this unit on the Victorians are Industrialism, Religious Doubt, The Role of Women (“The Woman Question”) and Imperialism. This is not to say that these issues were peculiar to that era; indeed, we will see them reappearing in
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 91 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 2 Biography
- 3 Study Questions, Activities, and Resources
- 4 The Cry of the Children
- 5 Sonnets from the Portuguese
- 6 Biography
- 8 Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister
- 13 Crossing the Bar
- 15 from In Memoriam A. H. H.
- 17 Break, Break, Break
- 20 The Lady of Shalott
- 21 Study Questions, Activities, and Resources
- 22 Biography
- 24 A Christmas Carol: Stave 4
- 29 Biography
- 30 Study Questions, Activities, and Resources
- 45 Biography
- 60 The Importance of Being Earnest: Act I
- 61 Study Questions, Activities, and Resources
- 63 The Importance of Being Earnest: Act II
- 65 The White Man’s Burden
- 66 Recessional
- 67 Study Questions, Activities, and Resources
- 68 Fuzzy-Wuzzy
- 70 The Ruined Maid
- 73 The Impercipient
- 76 Let Me Enjoy
- 77 Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?
- 82 The Going
- 83 Hap
- 85 Major Barbara: Act III
- 90 Study Questions, Activities, and Resources
- 92 Heart of Darkness: Chapter 2
- 93 Heart of Darkness: Chapter 1
- 94 Biography
- 96 Sailing to Byzantium
- 98 Byzantium
- 99 Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop
- 100 The Circus Animals’ Desertion
- 104 The Wild Swans at Coole
- 105 The Second Coming
- 107 Study Questions and Activities
- 110 [Additional Poems]
- 112 Loveliest of Trees
- 114 To an Athlete Dying Young
- 116 Biography
- 118 The Schartz-Metterklume Method
- 119 Study Questions, Activities, and Resources
- 120 Introduction
- 121 Biography
- 123 Smile, Smile, Smile
- 126 Dulce et Decorum Est
- 127 Disabled
- Primary Navigation
- 132 Biography
- 137 Biography
- 139 Dead Man’s Dump
- 140 Returning, We Hear the Larks
- 141 Study Questions and Activities
- 144 Biography
- 146 Juno and the Paycock: ACT III
- 147 Juno and the Paycock: ACT II
- 149 Juno and the Paycock
- 150 Biography
- 151 Explanatory Notes to Juno and the Paycock
- 152 To the Lighthouse: Introduction
- 154 To the Lighthouse
- 156 Professions for Women
- 166 Biography
- 167 Study Questions, Activities, and Resources
- 168 The Journey of the Magi
- 169 The Hollow Men
- 170 The Waste Land
- 171 Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- 172 Biography
- 174 The Daughters of the Late Colonel: X
- 177 The Daughters of the Late Colonel: VII
- 180 The Daughters of the Late Colonel: IV
- 186 Study Questions, Activities, and Resources
- 187 The Daughters of the Late Colonel: I
- 192 Brave New World: Chapter 17
- 193 Brave New World: Chapter 16
- 195 Brave New World: Chapter 1
- 196 Brave New World: Chapter 2
- 197 Brave New World: Chapter 3
- 199 Brave New World: Chapter 5
- 200 Brave New World: Chapter 6
- 201 Brave New World: Chapter 7
- 203 Brave New World: Chapter 9
- 208 Brave New World: Chapter 14
- 211 Can Socialists be Happy?
- 212 Pleasure Spots