Here is an overview of Brit Lit after 1800,
putting
the works into their proper social, historical, and chronological
contexts:
What a New Historicist kind of idea!
- The
Romantic Period (1798-1832)
Sub-Period of Great Note: The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Periods.
1789: Storming
of Bastille
1793: Royal Family, including Louis XVI, killed; England joins
the alliance against France.
1793-4: The Reign of Terror under Robespierre
1804: Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor
1815: After escaping from Elba Island, Bonaparte is finally
defeated by Thackeray--no, no, I mean by Nelson, at Waterloo.
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Sub-period: The Regency Period (1811-1820)
(During this period,
Prince
of Wales, named George, acted as regent for George III, the bad guy of
the
American revolution, who had gone bonkers. )
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Another Sub-period: The Brief Reign of King George IV, after
George III's timely death. (1820-1837)
- Early
Victorian
- Mid
Victorian
- Late
Victorian and Decadence
- Modernism
- Postmodernism