AGES ERA PERIOD
VICTORIAN AGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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studied melancholy and aestheticism
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sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal
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raucous celebration mixed with self-congratulatory sophistication
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paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The realistic Victorian novel focused on characters and themes such as the plight of the poor and social mobility that was being afforded to a new middle class and the rising middle class were eager to consume these novels.
Detailed explanation-3: -Victorian literature refers to English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). The 19th century is considered by some to be the Golden Age of English Literature, especially for British novels. It was in the Victorian era that the novel became the leading literary genre in English.
Detailed explanation-4: -But in 19th-century Britain, poetry was as prestigious as ever: thanks to advances in literacy and publishing, poetry had never been read by a wider audience (from schoolchildren to Queen Victoria herself) or been more profitable commercially. Books by the most popular poets routinely sold out through several editions.