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10/12/24, 10:32 AMENGL 216 Exam 2
Jeremiah
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Victorian Era 1850-1900
Industrialization and industrial revolution -"Children's literature" became an industry
-Rise of the (mostly white) middle class
***Due to industrialization
Middle class
-More leisure time
***Led to more time for imagination
-The fascination with foreign lands & cultures that seem strange yet wonderfully,
beautifully, and often even frightfully primitive
-Especially prominent during 19th century England when travel abroad became
Exoticism/exotic
popular-- appropriated by the newly moneyed middle and upper classes
-In children's literature, appears as a preoccupation with travel, foreign lands, and
even imaginative play with language
Imagination and whimsy -Imagination was given full reign in the Golden Age
-Playful, humorous attitude toward language that often results in made-up words
-Celebrates play, silliness, absurdity, and especially imagination
-Sometimes parodies & mocks serious and especially moralizing instructional verse
Nonsense
-Configures children as carefree, richly imaginative, and rather detached from reality
LEAR & CARROLL
-Transformation
Magical
**Poor to rich
Spooky
Eerie -Concealed and exciting secret
-The sense that spiritual energy is at work
-Essentially gothic in nature
-Usually does contain an element of the supernatural
-Is more interested in mystery than horror
Ghost story
-Delights in mysterious sensations
**Something is amiss
-Is often somewhat moralistic
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