Talk:Victorian literature

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Misspellings

There were mispellings in Supernatural and Fantastic Literature, so I changed them to correct spellings, with the exception of a few that I didn't know how to spell correctly.- A guest

References

This is a nice article, but it is almost completely unreferenced. Can anyone add references? -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:34, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I am working on complying some sources. The Handbook to Gothic Literature, edited by Marie Mulvey-Roberts looks like it will be helpful for the Supernatural and Fantastic Literature section. AJScribe (talk) 14:31, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Bad first sentence

"Victorian literature is the literature produced...." - maybe someone can change the first few sentences to sound better? 71.187.218.204 (talk) 00:38, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Poetry and Drama

For anyone looking for a project, this section is very messy. The tone is somewhat moralistic, and not impersonal at all. 128.239.155.247 (talk) 02:22, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Scholars prefer Christina Rossetti to D. G. Rossetti. Not all scholars. Which scholars? Why? Such bold statements about who is better or worse are irritating. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.91.237.215 (talk) 20:38, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Additions

I propose adding Charles Kingsley, R.M. Ballantyne, Walter Savage Landor, and although he is only an early Victorian Capt. Marryat as well as Sir Henry Newbolt to the list of authors. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 00:25, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

The style of the Victorian novel

Shouldn't this section be deleted? Any discussion of style can be included in the previous section. Rwood128 (talk) 16:11, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Focus of this article

What is the focus of this article? It currently has no introduction to define its subject. Is it British literature during the reign of Victoria? Does it include literature set in Britain during the period (which would explain Jules Verne)? If French literature is thus to be included, presumably British languages other than English should be covered as well. The article seems to wander far afield without ever arriving at any coherence. Thoughts, anybody? Man vyi (talk) 07:54, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Dickens' Last Novel

Dickens' last novel was The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which was only half finished when he died in 1870. Perhaps Our Mutual Friend should be described as Dickens' "last complete novel". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.211.131.240 (talk) 22:40, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Partisan statement

"In the later decades of the Victorian era Thomas Hardy was the most important novelist."

Important according to who ? You can't just state things like that on wikipedia can you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.4.251.236 (talk) 11:56, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Nonfiction

The article in general isn't great, but I think the discussion of non-fiction, in particular, is bad. We mention precisely five writers: Darwin, Mill, Carlyle, Engels (who wrote primarily in German), and Morris (not actually a non-fiction writer). Other than Darwin, these don't even warrant a full sentence, though Mill and Carlyle are of course very very important Victorian era writers. Not mentioned at all: Macaulay, Huxley, Newman, Ruskin (who does get a bare listing as an "other Victorian writer"), and Spencer, just to mention the most obvious omissions, as these are all towering figures of the Victorian era. john k (talk) 13:17, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

New book

Serials to Graphic Novels: The Evolution of the Victorian Illustrated Book, by Catherine J. Golden, 2017, University Press of Florida Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 01:47, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

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It was not very clear why the image at the top, File:Ford Madox Brown - Work - Google Art Project.jpg, was related to Victorian literature. It seems that the painting was taken from A Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture, but I don't understand why this painting should be included in this article. I changed the top image from Ford Madox Brown's painting to Middlemarch's frontispice. --saebou (talk) 00:42, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Changed first paragraph and added a reference section

Introductory paragraph had several unsubstantiated statements with no references. I altered it to instead convey the encompassing idea of victorian literature. I also added a reference section. This is my first wikipedia edit. Please provide feedback. Ty

The Golden Age of English Literature?

The claim that Victorian literature is widely considered the golden age of English literature is unsubstantiated. The source, which is poorly written, poorly researched, and without sources of its own, offers no evidence on behalf of this claim.

Blatant source dishonesty in this article

This article presents unconfirmed and uncorroborated information as if it were fact, especially in the “Influence of Victorian literature” section. Sources are cited, but further investigation of those sources reveals nothing at all that confirms or corroborates the claims in the Wikipedia article (e.g., see the sixth [6] source citation). SAPERE AUDE AD INFINITUM 03:24, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Regarding the 6th source citation supporting the statement that "Hardy used his novels to question religion and social structures." From the source citation: "Tess and Jude received many criticisms upon publication, for in examinations of the fallen woman, sin, the class system, and the vagaries of religion and marriage,--".... I thought it was adequate? Spacecat711 (talk) 16:43, 21 August 2021 (UTC)Spacecat711

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give a brief account of English literature in victorian industrial england with special reference to carlyle and Dickens.

give a brief account of English literature in victorian industrial england with special  reference to carlyle and Dickens. 2409:40E6:1D:6024:8000:0:0:0 (talk) 13:37, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Write a short note on little magazine

Write a short note on little magazine 2409:40E6:1D:6024:8000:0:0:0 (talk) 13:40, 4 October 2024 (UTC)