The Victorian Period (1837-1901) - Poetry, Prose, and Key Authors - last minute revision

Sep 21, 2026

The Victorian Period (1837-1901) is summarized through its historical background, social character, and major literary shifts from Romantic influence to later modernist tendencies. The content highlights key themes of industrial change, population growth in London, and the moralistic, formal social outlook often described as priggish. It then catalogs major Victorian poets, general prose writers, novelists, and major poetry and prose works, along with notable historical events such as Queen Victoria’s accession and landmark imperial milestones.

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CategoryLiterature

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Reading Time28 min

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Background of the Age

Social and cultural characteristics

Literary movements (Romanticism to modernism)

Major Poets of the Victorian Period

General Prose

Novelists of the Victorian Period

Major Poetry of the Victorian Period

General Prose of Victorian Periods

Major Novels of the Victorian Period

Historical Events of the Victorian Period

Important Works of the Major Authors

The Victorian Period (1837-1901) last minute revision by Sonia panjgotra Background of the Age: It was the age of 19th century that England has reached its height as a world imperial power. The population of London has dramatically changed (between 1837, from 2 million to 6 million. The industrial changes has affected every aspects of life for every class of citizen, the unregulated industrialization process has given great prosperity and wealth to the nation but on the cost of dire misery of masses. Queen Victoria, the last Hanoverian monarch Long reign from 1837 to 1901 Heyday of colonial trade and commerce Exploding population Society is considered to have been priggish (formal and pretentious), moralistic, and narrow-minded Early Victorian literature witnessed the continuing spirit of Romanticism Later Victorian literature saw the rise of modernism MAJOR POETS OF VICTORIAN PERIOD Alfred Tennyson 1809-1892 Robert Browning 1812-1889 Matthew Arnold 1822-1888 Arthur Hugh Clough 1819-1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861 D. G. Rossetti 1828-1882 Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830-1894 A. C. Swinburne 1837-1909 William Morris 1834-1896 Sir Henry Taylor 1800-1886 Robert Stephen Hawker 1803-1875 Edward Fitzgerald 1809-1883 Martin Farquhar Tupper 1810-1889 Philip James Bailey 1816-1902 Sydney Dobell 1824-1874 Alexander Smith 1830-1867 James Thomson 1834-1882 John Davidson 1857-1909 Thomas Hardy 1840-1928 Alfred Austen 1835-1913 W. E. Henley 1849-1903 H. W. Longfellow 1807-1882 Francis Thompson 1859-1907 General Prose Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 John Ruskin 1819-1900 Matthew Arnold 1822-1888 T. B. Macaulay 1800-1859 William Morris 1834-1896 H. T. Buckle 1821-1862 Edward Freeman 1823-1892 J. A. Froude 1818-1894 J. A. Symonds 1840-1893 Leslie Stephen 1832-1904 John Henry Newman 1801-1890 John Tyndall 1820-1893 John Henry Huxley 1825-1895 Walter Pater 1839-1894 R. L. Stevenson 1850-1894 Oscar Wilde 1856-1900 NovelIST OF VICTORIAN PERIOD Charles Dickens 1812-1870 William Makepeace Thackeray 1811-1863 George Eliot 1810-1880 Charles Reade 1814-1884 Mrs. Gaskel 1810-1865 Anthony Trollope 1815-1882 Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881 Lord Lytton 1803-1873 Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855 Emily Bronte 1818-1848 Charles Kingsley 1810-1875 William Wilkie Collins 1824-1889 George Meredith 1828-1909 Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894 Thomas Hardy 1840-1928 Historical Events of Victorian period : Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837 Napoleon sent to St. Helena, 1815 Death of Napoleon, 1821 Slavery abolished in British Empire, 1833 India's First War for Independence, 1857 American Civil War, 1861-65 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 1865 Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India, 1876 Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887 Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897 Queen Victoria's death. 1901 Edward VII succeeds to the throne, 1901 MAJOR Poetry OF VICTORIAN PERIOD Tennyson's Poems, 1833 Browning's Pauline, 1833 Arnold's Strayed Reveller, 1848 Arnold's Poems Mrs. Browning's Aurora Leigh, 1856, Tennyson's Idylls of the King, 1859-86 Swinburne's Poems and Ballads, 1866 Browning's The Ring and the Book, 1868-69, Morris's Earthly Paradise, 1868-70 Rossette's Poems, 1870-72 Robert Bridge's Shorter Poems, 1873-80 Kipling's Barrack Room Ballads, 1892 Thompson's Hound of Heaven, 1893 Yeats's Poems, 1895 Houseman's Shropshire Lad. 1896 Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol. 1898 Hardy's Wessex Poems, 1898 General Prose OF VICTORIAN PERIODS : Carlyle's Sartor Resartus,1833-34 Carlyle's French Revolution, 1837 Lockhart's Life of Scott, 1838 Macaulay's Essays. 1843 Ruskin's Modern Painters, 1843-60 Macaulay's History, 1848-60 Froude's History, 1856-69 Buckle's Civilization. 1857-61 Arnold's Essays in Criticism, 1865, 1888 Pater's Renaissance, 1873 MAJOR Novels OF VICTORIAN PERIO

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What historical forces shaped life during the Victorian era?

The material attributes major change to industrial developments that increased national wealth while creating widespread hardship, along with dramatic population growth in London.

How did Victorian literature evolve according to the notes?

The notes say early Victorian literature continued the spirit of Romanticism, while later Victorian literature saw the rise of modernism.

Which Victorian authors and categories are listed in the document?

The document lists major poets (e.g., Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Thomas Hardy), general prose writers (including Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin), and novelists such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot, plus examples of major poems and novels.

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