1880-1910 UNSEEN PROSE STUDY
- Created by: gks4
- Created on: 16-06-22 09:15
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- 1880-1910 context
- key themes
- social class
- economics
- identity
- status
- historical context
- Britain by the 1880s still = INDUSTRIAL DOMINANCE dominant position in world economy
- Death of Albert in 60's - victoria's withdrawing from public life
- VICTORIANISM = self confidence, self - help strict moral uptightness
- greater political rights, getting closer to universal male suffrage, the fact that women were excluded becoming more of an issue
- SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT IN 1903
- suffrage lit writing gaining momentum in 1910's aimed for fem readership
- death rate still very high in towns and cities
- people are less religious, more scientific ideas, turmoil to christian mind
- 1882 THEMES
- gender roles, trying to break free from angel in the home
- 1888 THEMES
- morality, duality, sexuality, GOTHIC
- 1902
- people questioning RACISM IMPERIALISM, idea vs reality of empire
- 1908 THEMES
- science, urbanization, technology - anxiety around this
- key themes
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