VICTORIAN PERIOD

Queen Victoria 1837-1901

Industrialization

Colonialism (1 in 4 people world-wide subject to the queen)

1. Early Victorian 1830-48

a. 1830 - steam engine

b. 1832 - First Reform Bill ("rotten boroughs")

c. 1837 - economic crash

d. 1843 - "Cry of the Children"

e. 1845 - crop failures

2. Mid-Victorian 1848-70 (growth of empire)

a. 1848 - avoiding European revolutions

b. 1851 - Crystal Palace

c. 1859 - Origin of Species (Darwin)

d. 1861 - death of Albert (9 children)

e. 1867 - Second Reform Bill (working class vote)

3. Late Victorian 1870-1901 (decay)

a. 1877 - empress of India

b. 1899 - Boer War (S. Africa)

4. Literature

a. abandoning introspection

b. turning to high moral purpose

c. the novel

d. dramatic monologue

e. emphasis on sound in poetry