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30 Cards in this Set
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He was a celebrated personality in the elite clubs of London society
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Oscar Wilde
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He was an educator and adminstrator, an inspector of schools
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Matthew Arnold
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Came from a famous family of painters; had a brother who was a leader in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an art movement.
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Christina Rossetti
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Spent 15 years writing a long poem about the dath of his friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, which paralleled his own crisis of faith
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Married a poetess whose verse was more popular than his own in the 1800's
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Robert Browning
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Converted to Catholicism and joined the Jesuit order of monks.
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Gerard Manly Hopkins
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Was a ship's surgeon on a voyage to the Arctic to hunt whales and seals.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
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His poems weren't published until 50 years after his death
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Gerard Manly Hopkins
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Had an interest in abnormal psychology,which shows in his poems.
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Robert Browning
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Was poet Laureate of England throughout the Victorian period.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Did volunteer work at a home for rehabilitating prostitutes.
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Christina Rossetti
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Said that great works of literature are "thouchstones" for our lives, and that we should consciosly seek to read "the best that is known and thought in the world".
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Matthew Arnold
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Was tried adn convicted of being homosexual, which resulted in imprisonment and disgrace.
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Oscar Wilde
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Turned down two offers of marriage, perferring to devote life to writing poetry.
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Christina Rossetti
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Made popular the "dramatic momologue" type of poetry, where the speaker of the poem reveals his personality through what he says.
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Robert Browning
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Created the most famous fictional character in British literature
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Arthur Conan Doyle
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Developed some new poetic terms and techniques called "sprung rhythm" and "inscape"
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Famous for making witty conversation, he was called "the most finished speaker of his time"
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Oscar Wilde
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Wrote satirical plays about Victorian social hypocrisy and the difference between appearance and reality.
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Oscar Wilde
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Said Victorians are materialistic "Philistines" who worship " the great God of getting on."
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Matthew Arnold
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Was overshadowed, dominated, adn repressed by her father and brothers, who kept her at home out of the public eye and spoke for her.
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christina Rossetti
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Wrote poems about King Arthur and the medieval period, but which reflected Victorian concerns.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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The wonderful sounds and rhymes of his poetry caused him to be known as "the organ voice of England."
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Shunned a personal voice, preferring to adopt other personas and toher voices in his poetry.
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robert Browning
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Wrote a poem lamenting the cdecline of religious faith in the world adn proposing love as teh only antidote.
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Matthew Arnold
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Was fascinated by the Italian Renaissance; many poems were set in this period.
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Robert Browning
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Burned all teh poetry he had written, believeing that poetry was not compatible with a life devoted to worship.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
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His reputation declined after he publicly embraced spiritualism and psychic research.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
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In his poems, he tried to combine his love of God with his love of natural beauty.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
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A brilliant intellectual who spoke several languages but was self-educated.
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Robert Browning
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