Paper will start at the Victorian Era where studies about masculinity were first in focus. The following Paper will focus on masculinity and the Perception of “manliness”. First the concept of Victorian masculinity itself and its origin shall be defined with the help of secondary literature on the subject. The combination of theoretical approaches by Emma Foye Quinn‚ from Bucknell University and several other authors will provide an insight into the subject of Victorian
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3 October 2012 Oscar Wilde‚ Victorian or Anti-Victorian? Oscar Wilde was a writer during the end of the Victorian era. This is one of the reasons that it is difficult‚ and still debated‚ whether he was a Victorian writer or not. His private life was far from the puritanical image of the Victorian era. The Victorian age was full of rigid sensibilities‚ while the anti-Victorian movement veered in the complete opposite direction. The anti-Victorians were much more adventurous with sex. There
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but also the year that a new literary age was coined. The Victorian Age‚ more formally known‚ was a time of great prosperity in Great Britain’s literature. The Victorian Age produced a variety of changes. Political and social reform produced a variety of reading among all classes. The lower-class became more self-conscious‚ the middle class more powerful and the rich became more vulnerable. The novels of Charles Dickens‚ the poems of Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning‚ the dramatic
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Victorian Age (1837-1901) The label Victorian is given to the period of Queen Victoria’s reign‚ which is from the time of 1837 to 1901. This period consisted of continuity and a change. It was an extension of the Romantic age and also a break from it. There is consciousness of something having disappeared and something having almost appeared. Matthew Arnold spoke of living between two worlds‚ one dead‚ and the other two young to be born. There is conflict‚ doubt‚ nostalgia and uncertainty in the
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Tennyson as a Victorian Poet Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) achieved‚ what so many poets and writers throughout the centuries were unable to achieve‚ fame and success during his lifetime. Indeed‚ in 1850‚ after the publication of “In Memoriam”‚ he was installed to the position of poet laureate. Tennyson not only distinguished himself by his work to date‚ but also honored with the responsibility of representing the state during its most solemn and celebratory occasions. As Poet Laureate‚ he represented
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Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27‚ 1822‚ in Point Pleasant‚ Ohio. He was entrusted with command of all U.S. armies in 1864‚ and relentlessly pursued the enemy during the Civil War. In 1869‚ at age 46‚ Grant became the youngest president theretofore. Though Grant was highly scrupulous‚ his administration was tainted with scandal. After leaving the presidency‚ he commissioned Mark Twain to publish his best-selling memoirs. President Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant
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Ulysses in Dante’s The Inferno Dante places many figures of Greek mythology‚ Roman antiquity‚ and some political enemies in Hell. For some of these people his reasoning suits their punishment‚ for others it doesn’t‚ and for some we don’t know enough about them to verify their placement. Ulysses is placed in the eighth circle of Hell and in the eighth bolgia with the evil counselors for his acts in the Trojan War. Dante’s reasoning behind his placement was unjust and Ulysses does not deserve the
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The Victorian Age 1832-1900 Even idleness is eager now‚ eager for amusement; prone to excursion-trains‚ artmuseums‚ periodical literature‚ and exciting novels. (George Eliot) General Info About the Time • Enormous changes occurred in political and social life in England and the rest of the world • The scientific and technical innovations of the Industrial Revolution‚ the emergence of modern nationalism‚ and the European colonization of much of Africa‚ the Middle East‚ and the Far
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English 305 15 May 2014 Flora and Ulysses Every year‚ the John Newbery Medal is awarded to the author who makes the most esteemed contribution to American literature for children. Well-renowned author of many children novels‚ Kate DiCamillo’s Flora and Ulysses makes a splash in the literary world. Straying away from the conventional storylines of children books yet still retaining elements that appeal to many young readers‚ DiCamillo challenges her creativity to entertain the idea of a young girl’s
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In the following essay‚ I will discuss the topic of feminism and the influence it had on Victorian literature. I will present my argument in relation to the ideology of the period‚ the female intellect associated with certain literature and the criticism that such authors faced during the period. I will argue that as a result of the oppression suffered‚ female authors saw such offense as their foundation for their production of literature. I will base the bulk of my argument around the author
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