英国文学维多利亚时期.docx

The Victorian Age General Introduction Period an Eras in English history  HYPERLINK /wiki/Anglo-Saxon_England \o Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon655–1066  HYPERLINK /wiki/Norman_England \o Norman England Norman1066–1154  HYPERLINK /wiki/Plantagenet_era \o Plantagenet era Plantagenet1154–1485  HYPERLINK /wiki/Tudor_period \o Tudor period Tudor1485–1603  HYPERLINK /wiki/Elizabethan_era \o Elizabethan era Elizabethan1558–1603  HYPERLINK /wiki/Stuart_period \o Stuart period Stuart1603–1714  HYPERLINK /wiki/Jacobean_era \o Jacobean era Jacobean1603–1625  HYPERLINK /wiki/Caroline_era \o Caroline era Caroline1625–1649 Interregnum1649–1660  HYPERLINK /wiki/Restoration_(England) \o Restoration (England) Restoration1660–1688  HYPERLINK /wiki/Georgian_era \o Georgian era Georgian1714–1830  HYPERLINK /wiki/Victorian_era \o Victorian era Victorian1837–1901  HYPERLINK /wiki/Edwardian_era \o Edwardian era Edwardian1901–1910  HYPERLINK /wiki/History_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_World_War_I \o History of the United Kingdom during World War I World War I1914–1918  HYPERLINK /wiki/Interwar_period \o Interwar period Interwar1918–1939  HYPERLINK /wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_World_War_II \o Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II World War II1939–1945  HYPERLINK /wiki/History_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1945%E2%80%93present) \o History of the United Kingdom (1945–present) Modern1945–present Brief intro: The Victorian Period revolves around the political career of Queen Victoria. She was crowned in 1837 and died in 1901 (which put a definite end to her political career). A great deal of change took place during this period--brought about because of the Industrial Revolution; so its not surprising that the literature of the period is often concerned with social reform. As Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) wrote, The time for levity, insincerity, and idle babble and play-acting, in all kinds, is gone by; it is a s