ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Victorian authors wrote poems and novels that commented on, and criticized, the way the Industrial Revolution and strict class divisions affected people, especially the lower classes. The Victorian era spans the years of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Victorian Era was a time of vast political reform and social change, the Industrial Revolution, authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, a railway and shipping boom, profound scientific discovery and the first telephone and telegraph.

Detailed explanation-3: -Victorian era literature was characterized by depictions of everyday people, hard lives, and moral lessons. They were meant for more than just entertainment. Victorians were interested in the hero as well as folk art. Victorian novels often focused on these themes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jane Austen. Novelist. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poet. William Blake. Poet, Artist, Printer. Charlotte Brontë Novelist. Emily Brontë Novelist, Poet. Robert Burns. Poet. Lord Byron. Poet. Lewis Carroll. Novelist. More items