Spring 2022 ENGL2540 (AUM)

During the Victorian era prostituion was a wide-scale problem in Britian. The eseence of prostitution went against every moral that was being promoted during this era. Chastity, prudence, and grace were dismissed and and disregarded by "fallen women".  It gained momentum, an the largest concern was veneral diseases among prostitutes. British military men were found to be the largest…

The Victorian Age was a time of economic, social, and cultural change throughout England. It was characterized by "momentous and intimidating" social movements. Under the reign of Queen Victoria as people migrated from the county to the city in hopes of finding better wages as a result of the Industrial Revolution. In the Goblin Market, Rosetti addresses the skepticisim associated with sudden…

Most of Christina Rosetti's poem and art was surrounded around the Oxford Movement. The Oxford Movement is a movement of high members of the Church of England that eventually devloped into Anglo-Catholicism. Their philosophy was known as tractarianism.  Christina joined the oxford movement alolng with her mother and sister in the early 1840s. Her sister became an Angelican nun and that is…

The Church Penitentiary Association was affilated with the Church of England and founded in 1852 for the reformation of fallen women who had been servants to others. The association was part of a movement to provide places of rehabilitation and shelter for citizens such as prostitutes or homeless people. The penitentiaries were similar to Catholic convents in that the penitents were to…

The Church Penitentiary Association was affilated with the Church of England and founded in 1852 for the reformation of fallen women who had been servants to others. The association was part of a movement to provide places of rehabilitation and shelter for citizens such as prostitutes or homeless people. The penitentiaries were similar to Catholic convents in that the penitents were to…

This timeline will offer touchpoints for the publications of the supernatural texts we're reading this semester and the historical/cultural events that encouraged creative artists to respond with poetry or prose.