How did rising literacy rates, libraries, and new technologies influence literature and reading habits during the Romantic and Victorian periods? These resources answer this question.

From Romantic poetry to Gothic horror, from depictions of poverty and industrialization to portrayals of the middle classes, and from crime fiction to fin de siecle decadence: the literary works of the Romantic and Victorian periods...

The Victorian period heralded a new wave of poetry that was influenced by its Romantic predecessors yet distinctly different. Read articles on how the Victorian poets approached composition, form and language, and what inspired their...

From the radicalism of the Romantic poets to the violent suppression of protests, the 18th and 19th centuries were peppered with incidents of political upheaval. Read how power and politics feature centrally in some of the period's great...

A series of articles that research how gender roles were defined in the 19th century, and how they were represented in the literature of the period.

Throughout the course of the 19th century, the middle classes expanded rapidly. Those moving up the social scale had to learn new modes of behavior and ways of life. These articles research how this sector of society was reflected in the...

From Wordsworth's Westminster Bridge to Blake's Chimney Sweepers; from Dickens's pickpockets to Jack the Ripper; and from Wells's War of the Worlds to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes; discover the diverse ways in which writers in this...

These articles research the following questions related to the Victorian Age: Why was crime such a popular subject in 19th-century fiction? How did literature balance fear, social commentary, and entertainment? How were gruesome murders...

Learn about the various styles of music from the 19th century. From romanticism to nationalism, this website goes into detail about the history of 19th century music.

Recording and recital databases, books, and web links are some of this web site's resources. Schubert enthusiasts will want to explore the terrific analysis of two of his song cycles.

Home of the Edward Elgar Society.

This site provides links to five of Browning's most famous works including "Aurora Leigh," "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point," "Selected Poems," "Sonnets From the Portuguese," and "Translations from the Greek Christian Poets."

Full text of an 1824 essay attributed to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, "Rome in the First and the Nineteenth Centuries."

Perfect Pitch is an interactive learning environment that lets you form orchestras and create your own orchestral arrangements of music from the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods. Clever game design, including a...

This resource provides links to many authors of the Romantic era. Biographies, works, and portraits are displayed for each author.

This page presents outline notes on Romanticism in the theatre. It lists and describes the main characteristics of Romanticism, lists some of the main actors of the Romantic period, and includes some general information about the...

Though teachers might use this student-centered, technology-based, one or two-day research project to introduce any author, English 12 teachers may wish to use the lesson to jump-start a unit on British literature from the Romantic...

This webite on English Romanticism by Elizabeth Whitney focuses on the Romantic period including defining Romanticism, the history and politics, the Romantic poets, visual arts, and music. It also offers a link to the radio program "The...

Considered an impressionistic composer of the romantic period, Claude Debussy is discussed in this profile. Learn more about his life and music at this site.

This is the text of Chapter 18 of Walden by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and...

From William Blake and John Keats to Charles Dickens and the Bronte sisters, explore 23 iconic authors from the Romantic and Victorian periods.

These articles answer the following questions about novels between 1832-1880: From Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell to George Eliot, how did the writers of this period use fantasy, realism, sensationalism, and...

"The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel" by Velasco represents an important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes became...

This resource provides a brief chronology of the American short story divided into periods and providing important authors of the period and their works.