Browning and Tennyson Context- Victorian Era
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- Browning and Tennyson Context- Victorian Era
- Browning
- Liberal
- Radical
- Colloquial
- Tennyson
- Laureate
- Conservative
- 'Gentleman's poet'
- Great social change
- Industrial development
- Economic advancement
- Many Victorians were made uneasy by change and loged for stability
- Many of their poems often include characters faced with a decision about whether they should take action/make changes or not.
- Dilemas posed are...
- Reacting to the force of love- inaction or action?
- Adapting to new challenges- immobility or energy?
- Facing death- acceptance or denial (or longing for)?
- Engagement with life- immersed or detatched?
- Dilemas posed are...
- Many of their poems often include characters faced with a decision about whether they should take action/make changes or not.
- Idealising the past
- Tennyson's poems often link to the idea of society's developments and how this causes us to look back to the past.
- Tennyson takes inspiration from classical and mythological history and alters this for his own purposes.
- Tennyson shows interest in:
- The Victorian revival of Medieval, gothic architecture and values
- Many influential artists and critics viewed the Middle Ages as a 'golden age', a time of no pollution when people worked for the common wealth of society.
- Some critics view the 'Back to the Future' agenda of Pre-Raphaelite painters as 'escapism' from the harsh realities of Victorian existance.
- This is also said of Tennyson.
- The Victorian revival of Medieval, gothic architecture and values
- Browning
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