The discourse between or the need : literature in an ever-changing world. 'Victorianism': the three decades in which Britain was great and people had confidence in the greatness and power of the nation. 'Unionists': also named tories, it was a party who governed from 1886 to 1906. 'Old whipgs': the aristocracy, landlords and members of the house of Lords. 'Utilitarianism': advocated
The discourse between or the need : literature in an ever-changing world. 'Victorianism': the three decades in which Britain was great and people had confidence in the greatness and power of the nation. 'Unionists': also named tories, it was a party who governed from 1886 to 1906. 'Old whipgs': the aristocracy, landlords and members of the house of Lords. 'Utilitarianism': advocated
The discourse between or the need : literature in an ever-changing world. 'Victorianism': the three decades in which Britain was great and people had confidence in the greatness and power of the nation. 'Unionists': also named tories, it was a party who governed from 1886 to 1906. 'Old whipgs': the aristocracy, landlords and members of the house of Lords. 'Utilitarianism': advocated
1. The discourse between or the need <to make it new>: Literature in an
ever-changing world - Victorianism: The three decades in which Britain was great and people had confidence in the greatness and the power of the nation. - Gladstone and Disraeli: Two very dissimilar politicians who dominated late Victorian politics. - Unionists: Also named Tories, it was a party who governed from 1886 to 1906. - Old Whigs: The aristocracy, landlords and members of the house of Lords. - Utilitarianism: Put forward by Jeremy Bentham, who advocated that morals and legislation should aim at achieving the greatest good for the greatest number. - Parliamentary reform: The Ballot Act of 1872 made voting a private affair for the first time. - Dickens, Tennyson and Trollope: Widely read and discussed writers during a period in which reading aloud was the most common form of entertainment. - Irish Question: Whether or not the Irish should be allowed to rule themselves. - W.B. Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory and J.M. Synge: A group of Anglo-Irish writers who led the cultural reinaissance that took place in Ireland. Their writings were based on an awareness of Irish nationalism, myth and legend. - The Abbey Theatre: Set up in 1904. Plays such as On Bailes Strand by Yeats, Spreading the News by Lady Gregory and Riders to the sea by Synge, were performed there.
2.<The white mans burden>: Different approaches to imperialism in literature
3. Literature and war: <Disillusion as never told in the old days>
4. <Life is a luminous halo>: The novel in the twentieth century, Sons and lovers
5. Tales of the city: Virginia Woolfs modernist geographies of the mind