The Victorian Era - A Period of Great Literary Expression
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/pjcle.v2i4.316Keywords:
Victorian, era, expression, literary, period, Britain, debates, culture, faiths, educationAbstract
The Victorian period of literature roughly coincides with the years that Victoria ruled Great Britain and its Empire (1837-1901). From a predominantly rural to an urban agricultural society which was an industrial one was the transformation that happened to Britain during this period.
New technologies like railroads and therefore the steam press united Britons both physically and intellectually. The Victorians at that time perceived their world as rapidly changing. Evangelical and even atheist beliefs got splintered on the religious faiths.
The labor, women, and other people’s agitation to vote and rule themselves, reformer's fight for safe workplaces, sanitary reforms, and universal education were reflected in Victorian literature with values, debates, and cultural concerns.
