VICTORIAN PERIOD 1832 – 1900

-       It is also called the Continuation of romanticism; it was because of the early death of young romantics. – It was fundamentally an age of realism rather than romance.

-       To be more exact it is the Combination of romanticism & classism

-       However, it was an Age of doubts, confusion, anxiety, and English empire was threatened to fall after its peak.

-       There were many Upheavals and turmoil, colonial sway was threatened.

-       It was also the period of New democracy, industry, science

-       Theory of Evolution by Darwin was introduced.

-       The people were in search of Balance, stability and rational understanding.

-       It was also the period of Self restraints, discipline and morality.

EARLY VICTORIAN

-       It was the period of Middle class supremacy.

-       It was the period of Laissez – Faire and free trade.

-       Tennyson, Browning, Thackeray and Dickens were the prominent figures.

Humour
Humanism
Morality
Satire

LATER VICTORIAN 1870

-       George Eliot, Hardy