Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The Victorian Era of Love
The Victorian Era was a very intriguing and exciting time for love and change. This era gave birth to many great expressive writers like, Thomas Carlyle,who inspired and influenced other talented and noted writers such as, Charles Dickens, J.S.Mill, A.L. Tennyson, R. Browning, and others.
From this era, I enjoyed Charles"Boz" Dickens and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. When reading the insert of the Visit to New Gate, I wasn't expecting to be touring a prison but I could visualize this place and the emotions of a visitor, because of his ability to describe the place and the persons he encountered while he was there. I enjoyed that fact that he wanted you to be aware of people who we as a society, cast out. He makes the reader aware of theri perceptions of others.
I truly enjoyed the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The tale of her personal love story of a "forbidden love", that was destined to exist. The fact that she wasn't afraid to express the love that she had for her soul mate, her future husband. she not only challenged that love but she also, shocked the world with her boldness to attack and challenge of human inequality for women in a masculine society as well as the issue of American slavery.
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2 comments:
Keekwak,
I am glad you enjoyed the readings for this section. You make some general observations, and then focus a bit more on a few authors. For neither of these authors, though, do you provide much specific commentary or discussion. I would like to see you quote and analyze specific passages from the texts, rather than relying on paraphrase and summary for evidence.
By the way, is it possible to change the formatting of your blog site at all? I am having a very difficult time reading the pink text on a slightly lighter pink background--can you increase the contrast between the two?
I'm glad you noticed Dickens's ability for description. Also, good analysis of the different authors in this section, you seem to have a good grasp on the meaning of the writing from a lot of these authors. If you could use more quotes and a give a little more specific analysis, it'd be a boon to your writing.
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