Wilde/ Rossetti Context Flashcards
Who blackmailed Wilde regarding a love letter? When was it?
Alfred Wood
1893
When did Wilde edit “Women’s World”
1887-1889
What was taking the Chiltern 100?
How MP’s resign
When was Apologia written? What was it about?
1895
The theme of giving up happiness for one’s love.
Who was Wilde’s mother?
Jane Wilde
What book did Jane Wilde write and when?
Social Studies
1879
Who did Dandyism evolve from?
Bauldlaire
1860s
When was Wilde convicted and what of?
1895
Gross Indecency
What was Wilde sentenced to?
2 years hard labor in jail
What did Wilde refer to Victorian society as?
Having a “modern mania for morality”
When was the term ‘Angel of the house’ first used?
1854
When was An Ideal Husband written?
1895 (yellow nineties)
When was “breadwinner” first used?
1820s
What was the Doctrine of Separate Spheres?
men and women operate in different social circles
When was the Victorian marriage season?
May - August
When was the Matrimonial Causes Act and what did it do?
1854
Made secular divorces possible by obtaining a court order.
On average how many divorces were passed each year by Parliament?
10
When was the contagious diseases act and what did it do?
1864
Made the arrest of female prostitutes possible
In the 1851census, how much of the population attended church services?
5.2 Million / 18 Million
When did Rosetti work at St Mary’s Church?
1859-1870
What age was Rossetti when she suffered her first nervous breakdown?
14
When was Rosetti’s religious crisis?
1857
Why did Rosetti have her religious crisis?
She deemed herself not worthy of Jesus’ sacrifice?
Which 3 men did Rossetti reject due to her faith?
John Brett
Charles Cayley
James Collinson
When was Goblin Market Written?
April 1859
When was Good Friday written?
1862
When was NTYJ written?
1862
Who was Soeur Louise?
Louise de la Valliere
When did Louise become a nun?
1674
What is In the Round Tower based on?
The Indian Mutiny of 1857
How many Christians hacked to death in the Indian Mutiny?
Captain Skene, His Wife and 56 others
When did Maria Rossetti become a nun?
1873
When did Rossetti’s father die?
1854
What did Dr William Acton say about female desire in 1857?
“The majority of women…”
“The majority of women are not troubled by sexual desire of any kind”
