1880-1910 UNSEEN PROSE STUDY

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  • 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

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