Social Context Flashcards
Between what years did the population of the UK double
1841 and 1901
How much did the population of Dorset increase by between 1841 and 1901
15%
Between 1873 and 1901, why did the population double put that of of Dorset only increase by 15%? (3)
- Import of American wheat
- A series of bad harvests from 1873 to 1879
- Animal diseases which killed several million sheep
What type of farming became more prominent and why
Dairy, as dairy products could now be transported
How is the decline of British agriculture reflected in hardys novels
By the changes in his writing from the early idyllic novels like far from the madding crowd to the bleakness of tess and jude the obscure at the end of his novel writing career
How is the decline of British agriculture reflected in hardys novels
By the changes in his writing from the early idyllic novels like far from the madding crowd to the bleakness of tess and jude the obscure at the end of his novel writing career
When where hardys earlier novels written and what was significant about this time
1870s- it is the time where changes are starting to take place
When does hardy set his earlier novels
Before the 1870s in earlier times when things were more settled
When does hardy set his earlier novels
Before the 1870s in earlier times when things were more settled
What did hardy write in the preface of far from the madding crowd
That he is writing about places and customs that have already disappeared
How do characters from hardys earlier and later novels contrast
In earlier novels characters were more ‘rustic’ and seemed to represent the old way of life, whereas in later novels characters are more unsettled and mobile
What were the 1840s known as
The golden age of agriculture
What were the 1840s known as
The golden age of agriculture
When was the golden age of British agriculture
1840s
What was the golden age of British agriculture actually like
There was a surplus of labour, which meant that agricultural workers were poorly paid and wives and children were expected to work also
In which novels does hardy show how Dorset was one of the poorest and most backwards of the British counties, and how
In far from the madding crowd and the return of the native, shown by the superstitions he writes about
When and how did hardy view of the rural past become less romantic
After 1833 when he researched into an even earlier era
What did hardy research into after 1883
Stories from the local paper, the Dorset county chronical from 1820s and 30s, a time of great hardship and almost lawlessness
Which event in tess was a real event from the Dorset county chronicles of the 1830s
The accident to the durbeyfield family horse
The hardships of pre-victorian era may have seemed more relevant than the so called ‘golden age’ of the mid-Victorian era. Therefore…
Hardys later novels were combining the social injustices of earlier times with the uncertainties of the late 19th century
