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VICTORIAN AGE (1837-1901) - Coggle Diagram
VICTORIAN AGE (1837-1901)
queen Victoria
represents greatness of the empire
colonial literature
Kipling
Two Opium wars
Indian Mutiny 1857
crimean war
prince consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
apart from politics but assured stability
victorian compromise
charity
materialism, economic interest
moralisation and decorum
single women with a child=fallen women
hypocricy
victorian=prude
victorian novel
most popular genre
reasons
improvements in printing
better distribution of books
increased wealth
circulating libraries
diffusion of literacy skills
larger educated audience
types
realistic novel
Hardy
Eliot
psychological novel
Stevenson
novel of manners
humanitarian novel
novel of formation
Dickens
literary nonsense
women writers and readers
1851 Great Universal Exhibition
Crystal Palace
triumph of man over nature
increasing power of middle class
several countries
second wave of industrialisation
several museums set up
age of reforms
1867 Second Reform Act
influenced by Chartism
1838 People's Charter demanded
voting by secret ballot
pay for members of Parliament
equal electoral districts
annual elections of Parliament
universal male suffrage
1846 Abolition of the Corn Laws
responce to the Irish Potato Famine caused by
1845 rise in population
dependence on potato crops
destruction of crops
bad weather
unknown disease
results
new catholic landlords
decline of irish language
hatred for Britain
2 million emigrated by 1851
1 million died
1872 Ballot Act
1834 Poor Law Amendment Act
workhouses
1833 Factory Act
1832 First Reform Act
Darwin
theory of evolution
1860 begun London Underground