Victorian Age AP Lit Flashcards

9453003024	1832-1901	the years of the Victorian age	0
9453003025	1832	first reform bill vote to large landowners	1
9453003026	1901	queen Victoria dies	2
9453003027	1837-1901	queen Victoria's reign	3
9453003028	Queen Victoria	who was had the longest reign of any British monarchy	4
9453003029	victorian age	period of booming economy and rapid expansion, Industrial Revolution still strong	5
9453003034	1st reform act	(1832) Men who own property worth ten pounds were allowed to vote	6
9453003035	2nd reform act	(1861) all working class men except agricultural workers (agricultural workers were illiterate)	7
9453003036	family acts	limited child labor and reduced work hours to ten a day	8
9453003037	laissez faire	government should avoid meddling in the affairs of business- when allowed full freedom, the industry will reach the highest possible level of prosperity.	9
9453003038	reformist liberalism	rapid change brings problems that require government intervention and regulation in order to protect the rights of the weak against the strong	10
9453003039	socialism	ended private ownership of major industries and substituted public ownership/ also promoted sweeping governmental measures to promote equality and help the poor.	11
9453003040	ballad	A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.	12
9453003041	rhyme	Repetition of sounds at the end of words	13
9453003042	alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds	14
9453003043	assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	15
9453003044	refrain	A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.	16
9453003045	oppositions	Words like not, never, on the contrary and as opposed to indicate a conflict between ideas. Authors create dichotomies which are mutually exclusive (cannot occur at the same time) and can be exhaustive (everything falls into one of the two categories)	17
9453003046	pathetic fallacy	The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example angry clouds; a cruel wind.	18
9453003048	Dickens	what author blends romantics with realism/writing characterized by humor, pathos, and unforgettable characters	19
9453003050	realism	focused on more down to earth events, especially suited to prose helped to make the Victorian age the great age of the British novel/ focused on ordinary people	20
9453003051	naturalism	sought to apply the techniques of scientific observation to writing about life in the Industrial Age/ portrayed nature as harsh and indifferent	21
9453003135	seven years war, american revolution, Louis XVI	France was nearing bankruptcy because of....	22
9453003137	My Last Duchess by: Robert Browning	tone: arrogant based on real story of French Duke written in heroic couplets double meaning/ double entendre	23
9494298455	Great Exhibition of 1851	17,000 exhibits of works of industry (indoor toilet, telegraphs, electric lights, full size locomotive)	24
9494319038	What was published in 1884 that provide the histories and definitions of words?	Oxford English Dictionary	25
9494323741	Cockney English	rhyming slang	26
9494328154	British Parliament abolished THIS in 1833.	slavery	27
9494330582	Charles Lyell	provided evidence that the earth was formed millions of years earlier	28
9494334631	dogma	a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative	29
9494342898	British Imperialism	British expansion (hence, the sun never sets on the British Empire)	30
9494345349	W. Gladstone	Liberal, British Prime Minister, against expansion of British Empire	31
9494354151	B. Disraeli	Conservative, British Prime Minister twice, and in favor of Imperialism, favorite of the queen	32
9494365095	Why the British supported Imperialism	they were fascinated by exploits of new places	33
9494374864	Author who felt it was "England's 'burden,' or duty, to bring civilization to the rest of the world."	Rudyard Kipling	34
9494383212	British Victorian author influenced by Romantic Period writers Shelley and Byron	Robert Browning	35
9494389778	British Victorian author influenced by Romantic Period writer William Wordsworth	Alfred Lord Tennyson	36
9494395064	What influence did the Romantic movement have on early Victorian poets?	They poets ignored grim life on streets and wrote of poetic subjects like ancient legends, romantic love, and foreign lands	37
9494403471	What the Victorian middle class though of poetry	irrelevant	38
9494406616	George Eliot was known for	psychological depth in writing	39
9494409896	The Bronte sisters were known for	dark passion in writing	40
9494412756	Maudlin means	emotional, sentimental	41
9494415719	Penny Dreadfuls or Shilling Shockers	weepy tales	42
9494419399	psychological realism	focused less on external realities than on internal realities (the mind)	43
9494422847	three decker	3 volumes	44
9494426942	originally how many novels were published	serial form in magazines and newspapers	45
9494431822	Victorian optimism turned to	uneasiness	46
9494436753	Victorian poets express	sense of loss and pain at living in a world in which order is replaced by chaos and confusion	47