British Literature of the Victorian Period, 1837-1900

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Examines literary developments alongside broader transformations in Victorian culture, with special attention to social, political, and ethical concerns. Explores topics such as gender, marriage, and the family; industrialization and market culture; race and empire; crime and violence; and social and political reform. Studies authors such as Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, John Stuart Mill, George Eliot, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, and Oscar Wilde.