unit 7, the victorian era Flashcards
years for the victorian era
1832 - 1901
longest reigning monarch, and best ruling
queen victoria
reason for the beginning and end of the victorian era
began when sir walter scott died
ended when queen victoria died
the object of victorian literature
truthfulness in reflecting the practical problems of every day life
age of:
peace, prosperity, and progress
victorian era was an age of:
prose
three great poets of the victorian era
tennyson, browning, and arnold
“break break break” “in memorium” memorialized the death of who
arthur henry hallam
theme of ulisys
dont quit trying
what type of work is ulysis
a dramatic monologue
locksley hall had a _____ view on the future
optimistic
what is tennysons greatest poem and one of the greatest elegies
in memorium
has been called one of the noblest stories of self-sacrifice in all literature
enoch arden
who did annie lee married when enoch went out to sea
phillip ray
the war of sense with soul, or the flesh with the spirit
idylls of the king
“the end is come, and i am shamed for ever”
idylls of the king - tennyson
who was nobel in the idylls of the king
king arthur
first poet laureate in the modern sense
ben jonson
poet laureate office did not become official until the appointment of
john dryden
who threw king arthurs sword into the lake
sir bedivere
tender portrait of motherhood
sweet and low
melancholy refletion on death
tears, idle tears
who was the hero in the revenge
sir richard grenville
what war was being fought in the revenge
the spanish armada
what view on the future does locksley hall sixty years after have
pessimistic
what has hurt the future of england in locksley hall sixty years after
evolution
what poem did tennyson request always be placed at the end of his works
crossing the bar
probably the finest love poems in our language and the best sonnet sequence since the renaissance
sonnets from the portuguese
“but love me for love’s sake, that evermore thou mayst love on, through love’s eternity”
sonnets from the portuguese poem 14
“because God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame”
sonnets from the portuguese poem 26
sonnet describes how jesus must have looked at peter when peter denied him
the look
what means soul in action
dramatic monologue
who killed the duchess in my last duchess
the duke
young worker in the silk mills at asolo italy
pippa
“God’s in his heaven- all’s right with the world!”
morning song - robert browning
presents an optimistic view of old age as the climax of man’s experience
rabbi ben ezra
expresses a christian faith in eternal life and a firm belief in being reunited with his wife after death
prospice - robert browning
most famous literary romance of all time
robert browning marrying elizabeth barrett
matthew arnold laments that his age is not an age of faith but an age characterized by skepticism, unbelief, and conflicting views in the areas of science and theology
dover beach - matthew arnold
clough express the truth that God is the only source of stability and strength
with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning
what two enemies did christina rossetti write about
the flesh, the world, and the devil
poem reflects the face of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion
the descent from the cross
what type of poem is “thou art indeed just, Lord”
a poem of despair
in the windhover, what represents God
a falcon
a tender poem of a father’s love for his son, the comparison is made of God’s love for his children
the toys - patmore
“i am the master of my fate
i am the captain of my soul”
invictus - william ernest henley
“here lies where he longed to be;
home is the sailor, home from sea,
and the hunter home from the hill”
requiem - stevenson
poem sympathetic to english forces
danny deever - kipling
two men realize in respect the strength of the other
the ballad of east and west - kipling
written for queen victorias diamond jubilee
recessional - kipling
a satire on the british social structure
the importance of being ernest - wilde
tells a sad story of love and sacrifice
the nightingale and the rose - oscar wilde
expresses the feelings of a man in jail condemned to be hanged
the ballad of reading gaol - oscar wilde
who wrote the london coffee houses
macaulay
the first popular victorian novelist to capture a large reading audience was
charles dickens
who portrayed the lower middle class living int the city
dickens
who portrayed the upper middle class
thackery
who portrayed the common people of the country and villages
eliot
the most significant novel form to emerge form the period was:
the novel or purpose or problem novel
who developed the detective novel
colllins
one of the most beloved novels of all time
david copperfield
what happened to david copperfields father
died the day before david was born
why did pergoty take david copperfield away
his mother was getting married
who wrote david copperfield
charles dickens
where did david and pegoty go when davids mother was getting married
pegotys brothers house
who all lived at pegotys brothers house
emily, pegotys brother, ham,
emily did not like the:
sea
who wrote tony kytes, the arch-deceiver
thomas hardy
woman who tony was originally enaged to
milly
who did tony see on the pathway and invited into his cart
unity
third woman who ended up in tonys cart
hannah
“wars come and go, but men still go on with their business”
in time of “the breaking of nations”
what scene did hardy have in mind for “in time of ‘the breaking of nations’”
WWI
what type of world is described in the darkling thrush
gloomy, and pessimistic
“till the spinner of the years
said “now!” and each one hears,
and consummation comes, and jars two hemisphere”
the convergence of the twain - thomas hardy
talks about a creates joyful singing, and the gloomy world
on a darkling thrush
talks about the loss of the titanic
the convergence of the twain
the treasury of david is a comment on:
psalm 8
who wrote the treasury of david
spurgeon
who wrote great verses through the Bible
F. B. meyer
