This page of a unit on Victorican Literature focuses on the poetry of A.E. Housman, whose goal of poetry was to "transfuse emotion" to "pack a punch" for the reader. It includes links to three of his poems and a worksheet handout for the...

Biography of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (1827-91), a prominent women's rights activist in Britain.

This is the overview page for all the topics relating to Benjamin Disraeli, including his works and a biography.

This is the topic page for the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, 1851. There are several links on related topic matter.

Learn about the trends that came to define men's and women's fashion in the 1700's. Includes images and a discussion of popular fabrics and women's hairstyles.

This site from The Victorian Web allows one to read about relationships between Victorian men and women. This article focuses on the sexual tensions and stereotypes prevalent during the Victorian Era, and defines the "roles" of men and...

The Victorian Web provides the online text to some of Thomas Hardy's short stories and poems. Links are provided throughout for additional information on related subjects.

This site from The Victorian Web includes a complete list of the works of Matthew Arnold, with links to related essays and sometimes to the texts themselves.

One page article summarizes many important characteristics of the Victorian Age such as religion, ideology, social responsibility, imperialism, and education.

This site from Victorian Context is an article that talks about the politics of reform in England. It gives information about how these politics effected the influence on the Victorian Literature. It is an informative article that goes...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart comes from the Channel 4 website. Pictures and text are used to support understanding of life as a child during Victorian times.

An organized timeline featuring major developments and inventions that made travel, communications, and trade easier for many people during Queen Victoria's reign.

See the tension between Victorian morality and new ideas as America became urbanized. Read about the Comstock Law, and find out about the first woman to run for president,

Victorian Web provides a short biography of Oliver Cromwell with a link to a description of the "New Model Army."

Victorian Web provides an essay on the Laissez-Faire Policies of Adam Smith. He believed the government should not interfere with business.

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...

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...

Learn about Victoria's approach to working with the prime ministers who served during her long reign. Archived.

From the origins of the Gothic to depictions of the emerging middle-classes, these articles explore the key characteristics of late 18th- and early 19th-century literature.

These articles research how childhood was depicted in the literature of the 18th and 19th century, and how perceptions of childhood were different from those of today.

Gothic fiction has intrigued and unsettled readers for more than two centuries. These articles research how these works reflect the political, social, and cultural contexts in which they were written.

Read articles that address the following questions about the end of the 19th-century literature: What are the key tropes of late 19th-century literature? How did writers respond to the desires and anxieties of the time? How did...

A history of the Chartist Movement in England from its origins in 1838 with the "People's Charter," to its demise in 1848.

What inspired the iconic poetry of the Romantic period, and how did the Romantic poets portray landscape, class, radicalism, and the sublime? Find out from this collection of articles.