The literature of Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 to 1901), marked by the rise of the great serialized novel, an explosion of periodical prose, and a sage-writing tradition, Thomas Carlyle chief among its founders, that used essays and lecture-derived books to press moral and social argument on an industrializing nation. It followed Romanticism and shares some of its concerns while turning them toward social reform, historical narrative and the built world of the factory and the city.
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Source Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Wikipedia)
Source Matthew Arnold (Wikipedia)
A founding figure of Victorian sage-writing, per the atlas own Victorian Literature description.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
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1840 to 1841, inside the movement's own 1837 to 1901 period; Carlyle's sage-writing lectures the movement's own description names him founder of.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Realism, Movements Literary history relation between named movements
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Source Victorian literature (Wikipedia)
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.- Victorian literature entry
- Associated Authors: Thomas Carlyle
- Associated With: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
View the Source Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Wikipedia)
Associated Authors: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, StyleQuote, Associated Authors: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Style
like many Victorian poets
Matthew Arnold (Wikipedia)
Associated Authors: Matthew Arnold, Literary careerQuote, Associated Authors: Matthew Arnold, Literary career
Arnold is sometimes called the third great Victorian poet, along with Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Robert Browning.
Victorian literature (Wikipedia)
Dominant Genre: The Novel, Lead paragraphQuote, Dominant Genre: The Novel, Lead paragraph
the novel became the leading literary genre in English
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