unseen poetry and prose context Flashcards
how did England feel compared to other European countries and the USA
powerless
what event enforced the feeling of lack of power?
1899-1902
the South Africa war
what years were free school meals introduced?
1905
what seem to have founded the roots of the welfare state?
extensive social legislation of the Liberal Partu
what was no longer preserved for the rich?
sea side towns
when did educaton become comulsary until the age of 10?
1880s onward
when was there a near universal literacy?
by the 1900s
when did all women over 21 receive the right to vote?
1928
decline of aristocracy
Warfare was not discriminative, a bullet in the trenches would not distinguish between classes. war offered a prospect of social and economic advancement, as soldiers rose up the ranks no matter where they came from
the lost generation
after the war
people returning from the war often refused to conform to the conservative and patriarchal environemnts. They asked questions about the social and political order that took the country to war in the first place.
what type of corset was still fashionable in the 1900s?
s shaped corset
what did people wear in the 1920s?
women wore flapper dresses and men began to experiment with more colourful suits and ties
what happened on the 27th April 1908?
the olympics were opened at White City London
what were the 1908 olympics recognised to be?
the most organised games to date, featuring 22 nations with over 2000 athletes
what was the early 20th century like?
-time of optimism in Britain
- the nation had an expansive Empire, well admired navy, thiriving industry and strong political institutions
- would have now been called a global ‘superpower’
what time period does modernism in art refer to?
a specific period starting around 1900 and coming into its own in the 1920s
what was modernism skeptical of?
- the post-Victorian middle class
what was modernism an overhaul of?
the legacy of comfort, secuirty, paranoia, rigidity, and heirarchy
what was modernism the area of?
l’art pour l’art
what did artists, in the modernist era, break from the idea of?
they should represent something intellectual or noble, but instead many indulged in wild experinment and the creation of distrubing pieces meant to provoke their audience
what was one of the quintessential modernist movement?
futurism
what was futurism?
a movement of poets, playwrites, and painters who celebrated speed, technology, violence and chaos
what did futurist painting often depict?
vast clouds of dark smoke with abstract images of trains and radio towers or sometimes just junbles of colour
what was modernism considered to be by the nazis?
‘degenerate art’
what exact date did eduction until 10 become compulsory in the UK?
2nd August 1880
what was state expenditure on education in 1880?
£4 million
what was state expenditure on education at the end of Victoria’s reign?
£12 million
what date did married women obtain the right to acquire their own property?
1st January 1883
when did the women’s suffrage campaign gain momentum?
October 1897
