Victorian literature

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John Thomson and Adolphe Smith’s Victorian London Street Life is an in-depth examination of the conditions of life of poverty in London from 1877 to 1878. It is considered to be a primary source into the lives of the poor through close observations portraying a kind of testimony regarding the harsh living conditions and circumstances of the poverty stricken people of London. Studying these historical documents has its challenges due to the compulsion for people to find the right answers to…

the same symbols to represent different aspects of the characters. Some of the symbols in each of these works are represented through objects like flowers, temptation to do wrong and through feminism. Both of these pieces of literature…

movies, plays and comic books. Lewis Carroll’s classic novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, portrays direct correlations between the author’s life and the Victorian era. Lewis Carroll was born January 27, 1832 in Cheshire, England to Charles Dodgson and Frances Jane Ludwidge. His father was a clergyman…

of the Victorian lifestyle and unrealistic ideals. Part of the brilliance within this satirical piece is that Wilde mocked the very people that constructed his audience. While the play may be mocking of its own audience, it also draws them in by creating a relatable unrealistic world. In order to identify satire within a literary piece, one must know what satire is. Satire is defined as a humorous way to show that someone or something is foolish (Satire, 2015). It is used in literature as a…

sodomy. In the Victorian era, there are many famous examples of homosexual men, including the most famous, Oscar Wilde . Many Victorians knew about these so called ‘sodomites’ and often ignored them in upper levels of society . In reality,…

exemplified during the Victorian era. Women were restricted to their homes, accompanied by chaperones when not at home, and were expected to be exemplars of femininity, goodness, and virtue. Literature was by no means immune to these ideals, and works emerged that promote this idea of femininity. Both the 1857 version of Jacob and Wilhem Grimm’s fairytale “Rapunzel” and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s ballad “The Lady of Shalott (1832)” use their characters’ environment as a reflection of Victorian…

of 1907, she worked to produce a large collection of works including assortments of poetry, biographies, and several novels (All Poetry). Her poem, “The Other Side of a Mirror” was published in 1896 and displayed several of the main themes of Victorian society that she generally incorporated in her work. Jealousy and resentment cause a woman to look at her reflection in a mirror, and watch as these internal emotions are reflected externally: “A face bereft of loveliness/ It had no envy now to…

Thomas Hardy’s “The Ruined Maid” and X.J. Kennedy’s “A Prominent Bar in Secaucus One Day” both allude to the topic of prostitution. By analyzing and interpreting these poems, one could compare and contrast the themes, historical contexts, women’s roles in society during these times, and the subject of feminism to further understand why the women chose the life they did. Thomas Hardy’s “The Ruined Maid” is a story that contrasts the lives of two girls; one who is an un-named farm girl and…

Americans in Grant Allen’s “The Great Ruby Robbery: A Detective Story” Tales of the American West were highly popular in Victorian England. William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show was a particular hit with English audiences when it arrived in England in 1887: “From foreign dignitaries to Queen Victoria herself, Cody pulled in audiences from every station of Victorian society and presented them with his vision of heroic, indelible Americanism” (Robinson 1). Novels, written by both…