"Victorian Era" from World History: the Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
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Research for a Short EssayIntroduction and Body Paragraph OneThis section will focus on an overview of the Victorian Period in England and on the some of the literary characteristics.
Since you will need to use at least two database sources in your research, we will use options from them to work together on the research gathering steps. Then you will select one of the three options below to get more specific in your focus on an aspect of the era's literature through a particular author and genre, and how they relate to the society of the time. Sources listed are options, but you can find more via databases listed below and through careful evaluation of Google Search results. "Victorian Era" from Encyclopedia Britannica
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Collect your website and database citations using this online tool.Log in to Google Workspace and then make a copy of this Research Tables Doc.
"Victorian Literature" from Gale in Context High School
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Research Focus Choices
Dickens (DB)Explore his efforts to bring attention to poverty and life of those living in the Victorian workhouses through fiction.
"It's a Hard-Knock Life in Victorian Workhouse" from History Reference Center
"Reform Movements in Victorian England" from Daily Life Through History (ABC-CLIO) "Class and Caste Systems in Victorian England" from Daily Life Through History (ABC-CLIO) |
Conan Doyle (DB)Explore his high-class detective Sherlock Holmes, a prototype of British crime solvers and what actual crime and punishment were like in the era.
"On the Trail of Sherlock Holmes" from History Reference Center
"Detective Fiction" from Gale in Context High School "Law and Crime in Victorian England" from Daily Life Through History |
Stevenson or Stoker (DB)Explore the fictional creation of iconic Victorian monsters Mr. Hyde or Count Dracula and how they relate to the society that spawned and read them.
"Dracula: Themes and Construction" and "Dracula: Historical Context" from Gale in Context High School
"Hyde the Hero: Changing the Role of the Modern-Day Monster" from Literary Reference Center or "A Bogey Tale" from Gale in Context High School "Monstrosity" online source from Cambridge University Press |