Study Guide ... Alice in Wonderland E-Book

Carla Aira

• Herausgeber: Carla Aira
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Study Guide  … is a collection of notes that introduce students – and not only students – to poems, novels or plays written in English. They facilitate learning supplying the most important information about the literary works and so fostering their comprehension. The first part of the study guide about Alice in Wonderland includes the historical, social and literary background of the period in which the book was written and some biographical notes about the author, Lewis Carroll. The second part focuses on the work and deals with sources, setting, characters, commentary, critical approach, possible adaptations for theatre, cinema or television and further notes.

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The Victorian Period

historical background

Queen Victoria, daughter of the Duke of Kent (1767-1820) came to the throne of England at the age of eighteen (1837). She succeeded in restoring the image of the monarchy with her wisdom and gained the respect of the people with her private life: an adored husband, Prince Albert, and nine children. Her pattern of life was ruled by sobriety and hard work, in a word, by “respectability". As to political and social life, England lived a period full of changes and extensions in every field.

Home Policy - Social Achievements. The Parliament had to face the problems of the workers with a series of Acts (The Factory Act, the Ten Hours' Act; The Mines Act; The Public Health Act) to improve working conditions, limit the hours of work and the exploitation of children in mines. In 1884 the Third Reform Bill extended the suffrage to all male workers.

Foreign Policy. Ireland found its political leader in C. Parnell. In 1880 Parnell demanded Home Rule or independence for Ireland, but the bill did nor pass till after the First World War.

In 1887 Queen Victoria became Empress of India and the Empire enlarged its dominions to Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus and parts of Africa.

In 1899-1902 the Boer War broke out in Orange and Transvaal

In 1854-56 the dispute over the borders between Russia and Turkey gave origin to the Crimean War (during which Florence Nightingale founded the Red Cross)

Queen Victoria died in 1902. Her son Edward came to the English throne trying to follow his mother's steps.