Victorian literature

Victorian literature is the body of writing produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837—1901) and corresponds to the Victorian era. It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the very different literature of the 20th century.

The influence of Victorian literature

Writers from the former colony of The United States of America and the remaining colonies of Australia, New Zealand and Canada could not avoid being influenced by the literature of Britain and they are often classed as a part of Victorian literature although they were gradually developing their own distinctive voices. Victorian writers of Canadian literature include Grant Allen, Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill. Australian literature has the poets Adam Lindsay Gordon and Banjo Paterson who wrote Waltzing Matilda and New Zealand literature includes Thomas Bracken and Frederick Edward Maning. From the sphere of literature of the United States during this time are some of the countries greats including: Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Henry James, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain and Walt Whitman.

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Colony - United States of America - Australia - New Zealand - Canada - Canadian literature - Grant Allen - Susanna Moodie - Catherine Parr Traill - Australian literature - Adam Lindsay Gordon - Banjo Paterson - Waltzing Matilda - New Zealand literature - Thomas Bracken - Frederick Edward Maning - Literature of the United States - Emily Dickinson - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Henry James - Herman Melville - Harriet Beecher Stowe - Henry David Thoreau - Mark Twain - Walt Whitman

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The problem with the classification of Victorian literature is great difference between the early works of the period and the later works which had more in common with the writers of the Edwardian period and many writers straddle this divide. People such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells, Bram Stoker, H. Rider Haggard, Jerome K. Jerome and Joseph Conrad all wrote some of their important works during Victoria's reign but the sensibility of their writing is frequently regarded as Edwardian.

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Edwardian - Arthur Conan Doyle - Rudyard Kipling - H. G. Wells - Bram Stoker - H. Rider Haggard - Jerome K. Jerome - Joseph Conrad

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