The Victorian Age 1837－1901英国文学 知识讲稿.ppt

The Victorian Age 1832－1900 ;;The Victorian Age ;Victorian England: Promises and Problems of an Industrial Society;I The Historical and Political Background;…… Work —work—work! My labour never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags That shatter’d roof, and this naked floor, A table, a broken chair, And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there… ;B. The Middle Period (1848－1870);Interior of the Crystal Palace (colored lithograph, 1851);2. Political life during the middle period ;C. The Late Period (1870-1901);II. Victorian Attitudes: Earnestness, Self-satisfaction, and Anxiety;Two Movements; Anxiety during the latter decades;III. New Ideas and Intellectual Controversy ;John Henry Newman (1801-1890), the Oxford Movement. Karl Marx, 1867, Capital. Socialist ideas developed.;Victorian Literature: Nonfiction Prose and Drama;Victorian Literature: Poetry;The Pre-Raphaelite Movement;An art suitable for the modern age by:;The Day Dreamer by Dante Gabriel Rossetti;Pink and Rose wallpaper design, ca. 1890William Morris (British, 1834–1896)Prolific as a writer of both prose and verse, he was also a designer and a member of the influential English arts and crafts movement. ;John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)Lady of Shalott;Victorian Literature: The Novel