01. Victorian and anti-victorians (Context).ppt
- 1. London, 24th May 1819 – Osborne House (Isle of Wight), 22nd January 1901 Victoria I Queen of England and Ireland Empress of India
- 2. VICTORIA’s REIGN (1837-1901)- 64 years • Early Victorian (1830-7) • Mid-Victorian (1850-1877) • Late Victorian (late 1870s-until beginning of 20th century)
- 3. After Victorian period: “Edwardian literature” Reign of Edward VII (1901-1910) “Georgian Literature” George V’s reign (1910-1936)
- 4. Victorian period: Optimistic one? -Monarchy as national symbol - England’s prosperity: - Imperial expansion - Rapid industrialization (1800-1850) - Increase of population - Technological advances - Changes in industry (cotton industry) - Advances in coal and iron industries - Boom in railroad constructions - Many discoveries and inventions
- 5. NEW INVENTIONS: Daguerrotype (1839) Telephone (1876) Phonograph (1877) Record (1896) Wireless radio (1896) Cinema shows (1896) AND SOCIETY’S CAPACITY TO ASSIMILATE AND MAKE USE OF THEM IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
- 6. THOMAS A. EDISON (1847- 1931) Phonographe Lamps
- 7. Crystal Palace, Londres Joseph Paxton (1803-1865)
- 9. Machinery Section at the Great Exhibition of 1851
- 10. Steam-Powered Tractor and Agricultural Machinery
- 13. The old Brighton Pier
- 14. The other side of Victorian times • Technology displaced people from natural links and their surroundings • The profits of the nation were not shared by the poor • Clash between rich and confident class and the labour force: tensions
- 15. Tensions and changes • Economic distress of working classes: – Destruction of machinery (Luddites) – Destruction of farm property – Unions organized (1840: rise of Chartism) • Middle class achieved political and economic aims: – Parliament was reformed
- 17. From 1850s: challanges to Victorian optimism • The Crimean War (1853-6): Britain, France and Turkey against Russian ambitions in the Middle East • Mutinity in India (1857) • Blow to religious beliefs: Darwin’s “Origin of Species” (1859) – Agnostic attitudes – Socialist ideas – Criticism of Victorian values (imperialism and others)
- 19. Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936)