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'''The Victorian era''' was the period in [[Great Britain]] under the long-lived [[Queen Victoria]] who reigned from 1837 to 1901. The term is also used to describe later nineteenth century western society in general with its strong moral standards and sharply defined gender roles. An age characterised by rapid scientific advance. | '''The Victorian era''' was the period in [[Great Britain]] under the long-lived [[Queen Victoria]] who reigned from 1837 to 1901. The term is also used to describe later nineteenth century western society in general with its strong moral standards and sharply defined gender roles. An age characterised by rapid scientific advance. | ||
| − | Victorian painters include [[John William Waterhouse]], [[George Frederick Watts]], Lord Leighton, E. J. Poynter, [[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema]], Edwin Weeks, Albert Moore and William Stephen Coleman. | + | Victorian painters include [[William Turner|Joseph Mallord William Turner]], [[John William Waterhouse]], [[George Frederick Watts]], Lord Leighton, E. J. Poynter, [[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema]], [[James Whistler|James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], Edwin Weeks, Albert Moore and William Stephen Coleman. |
Victorian authors include names like: [[Jane Austen]], [[William Blake]], [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]], [[Lewis Carroll]], [[Thomas Hardy]], [[John Keats]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[George Eliot]], [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], [[Alfred Lord Tennyson]], [[H. G. Wells]], [[Oscar Wilde]], and [[William Wordsworth]]. [http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/authors#sthash.Vxz4vS8N.dpuf] | Victorian authors include names like: [[Jane Austen]], [[William Blake]], [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]], [[Lewis Carroll]], [[Thomas Hardy]], [[John Keats]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[George Eliot]], [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], [[Alfred Lord Tennyson]], [[H. G. Wells]], [[Oscar Wilde]], and [[William Wordsworth]]. [http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/authors#sthash.Vxz4vS8N.dpuf] | ||
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The Victorian era was the period in Great Britain under the long-lived Queen Victoria who reigned from 1837 to 1901. The term is also used to describe later nineteenth century western society in general with its strong moral standards and sharply defined gender roles. An age characterised by rapid scientific advance.
Victorian painters include Joseph Mallord William Turner, John William Waterhouse, George Frederick Watts, Lord Leighton, E. J. Poynter, Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edwin Weeks, Albert Moore and William Stephen Coleman.
Victorian authors include names like: Jane Austen, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lewis Carroll, Thomas Hardy, John Keats, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, H. G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, and William Wordsworth. [1]
An important aspect of this period is the large-scale expansion of British imperial power. The period saw the rise of a highly idealized notion of what is “English” or what constitutes an “Englishman.” This notion is obviously tied very closely to the period’s models for proper behavior, and is also tied very closely to England’s imperial enterprises. [2]
Morality
The late Victorian social purity movement heralded a new phase in the history of moral regulation, generating significant levels of Anglican and Nonconformist support for male chastity and the elimination of the sexual double standard. Historians have studied the use criminal legislation and censorship to elevate standards of public morality. Morgan (2007) stresses the role of women activists who were prominent campaigners for social purity. Women purity workers exerted enormous pressure on the professional hierarchies of church and chapel, actively reworking Christian readings of the body so as to bring the moral influence of the churches to bear on public opinion. In so doing, they brought about a significant transformation in clerical attitudes that regarded discussions of sex as beyond the boundaries of civilized discourse and led in the promotion of a regulatory, but nonetheless highly public, religious discourse on sexuality. Sue Morgan, "'Wild Oats or Acorns?' Social Purity, Sexual Politics and the Response of the Late-Victorian Church," Journal of Religious History 2007 31(2): 151-168 online at EBSCO.