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VICTORIAN ERA (novel (dominant form in Victorian literature, Major theme:…
VICTORIAN ERA
novel
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Major theme: Place of the individual in society, the aspiration of the hero or heroine for love or social position
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seek to represent a large and comprehensive social world, with variety of classes
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poetry
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Show the strong influence of the Romantics, but they cannot sustain the confidence the Romantics felt in the power of the imagination
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characteristics
prose, novel, and female writers
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Early: attention to the social issues created by rapid industrialization (Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens)