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The Anglo-Saxon period

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Erika Yordanova, Aleksiya Solovyova, Mihaela Kisyova, Alexandra Ilcheva

The Victorian Age

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History

from the 1830s to the early 1900s

The Golden age and the transformation of a new nation

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• Characterised by the reign of Queen Victoria.
• Considered by some as the golden age of literature, especially for British novels.
• Class-based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, Britain’s status as the most powerful empire in the world.
• The Victorian society was hierarchical in nature, with the two main aspects taken into account being gender and class.

The golden age of the British empire

• During this period, America experienced a surge of industrialization, urbanization, and westward expansion.
• The country was also deeply divided over issues like slavery, leading to the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
• After the war, America saw the period of Reconstruction, which aimed to rebuild the South and ensure civil rights for African Americans.
• 1901: President William McKinley was assassinated, and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States, marking the end of the Victorian era in America

The Transformation of America

Some of the brightest of their time

More of the brightest of their time

Some of the brightest of their time

more of the brightest of their time

Exceptional Works of Literature

Exceptional Works of Literature

Exceptional Works of Literature

Exceptional Works of Literature

Autobiographies/Memoirs

Novels

Prose

Important Genres of the Period

Poetry

Important Genres of the Period

Drama

Important Genres of the Period

• Critical Realism
• Gothic literature
• Sensationalism
• Fantasy
• Science Fiction

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Contemporary

Modernism

Influence on further periods

Information from:Slideshare.comWikipediaStudy.comVictorian-era.orgFocus for bulgaria-culture, literature, speaking, writing; Part 1; Pearson

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