The Victorian Age

The Year 1837 was very important because it was the year that Queen Victoria acceded the throne. According Gilmour, R. (2012)The Victorian Age was a time of great prosperity in Great Britain's literature and was also characterized by rapid change and developments in nearly everything - from advances in medical, scientific and technological knowledge to changes in population growth and location. Also the Victorian Age produced a variety of changes in political and social reform produced a variety of reading among all classes; the lower-class became more self-conscious, the middle class more powerful and the rich became more vulnerable. The novels of Charles Dickens, the poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning, the dramatic plays of Oscar Wilde, the scientific discoveries of the Darwins, and the religious revolt of Newman all helped to enhance learning and literacy in the Victorian society. Of all of the literary eras, the Victorian age gave a new meaning to the word controversy. Writers of that time challenged the ideas of religion, crime, sexuality, chauvinism and over all social controversies. According Gilmour, R. (2012) During the Victorian age work and play expanded dramatically. The national railway network stimulated travel and leisure opportunities for all, increasing literacy stimulated growth in popular journalism and the ascendancy of the novel as the most powerful popular icon. Also the progress of scientific thought led to significant changes in medicine during the nineteenth century, with increased specialization and developments in surgery and hospital building. Another characteristic of the Victorian era are changing world views. In addition to the major developments in technology, there were emerging scientific beliefs, like Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and those things were changing how people