The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- Volume 2B --The Victorian Age

Name: The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- Volume 2B --The Victorian Age
ISBN: 9780393975697

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1999968 pagesW. W. Norton & Company

This volume presents a comprehensive collection of English literature from the Victorian Age, featuring influential works by authors such as Thomas Carlyle, John Henry Newman, John Stuart Mill, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It offers a deep dive into the diverse literary landscape of the era, exploring its social, political, and philosophical currents through poetry, essays, and prose. Readers will gain insight into the intellectual and cultural movements that defined 19th-century Britain.

Avg. reading time: 18h 20m
Prose complexity: 10/10

Intellectual Thought-Provoking Complex Philosophical

Carol T. Christ

Thomas Carlyle

Famous Scottish author, scholar, and social critic.

John Henry Newman

English cleric, cardinal and saint

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), usually cited as J. S. Mill, was a British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century", Mill's conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control....

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her work received renewed attention following the feminist scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s, and greater recognition of women writers in English. Source: [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning) on Wikipedia.

Poetry Essays