VICTORIAN PERIOD And The 19th Century (c. 1832-1901)
Writing during the period of Queen Victoria's reign includes sentimental novels. British writers include Elizabeth
Browning, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, and the Brontë sisters. Pre-
Raphaelites, like the Rossettis and William Morris, idealize and long for the morality of the medieval world. The
end of the Victorian Period is marked by intellectual movements of Aestheticism and "the Decadence" in the
writings of Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde. In America, Naturalist writers like Stephen Crane flourish, as do early
free verse poets like Walt Whitman and common measure poets like Emily Dickinson.
Victorian Characteristics
Authors:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Charles Dickens
A. E. Housman
Oscar Wilde
Stephen Crane
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Charles Dickens
A. E. Housman
Oscar Wilde
Stephen Crane
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson