Industrialism's Characteristics
-Utilitarianism (Do whatever produces "the most good for the most people")
-Good is measured in terms of plesasure vs pain
-Finding a place in society becomes an important theme in many of the artistic works
-You contribution to society helps the human race as a whole
-Hard work is valued and, ideally, rewarded. Work is a reflection of inner character
-The Industrial Revolution and Theory of Evolution leave many people feeling spiritually melancholy, lonely, separated from life and happiness
-Writers concentrated on describing physical, material details of life
-Writers emphasized descriptions of setting, clothing, and characters that would have seemed inappropriate to earlier writers.
-Prefered the ordinary over the extraordinary (realistic heros are more everyday than special
-Good is measured in terms of plesasure vs pain
-Finding a place in society becomes an important theme in many of the artistic works
-You contribution to society helps the human race as a whole
-Hard work is valued and, ideally, rewarded. Work is a reflection of inner character
-The Industrial Revolution and Theory of Evolution leave many people feeling spiritually melancholy, lonely, separated from life and happiness
-Writers concentrated on describing physical, material details of life
-Writers emphasized descriptions of setting, clothing, and characters that would have seemed inappropriate to earlier writers.
-Prefered the ordinary over the extraordinary (realistic heros are more everyday than special
Industrialist writers
+Bronte Sisters
+Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)- Heart of Darkness, The Rescue, Gasper Ruiz
+Robert Louis Stevenson (1859-1894)- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, St. Ives
+Bram Stoker (1847-1912)- Dracula, The Lair of the White Worm, The Judge's House
+Robert Browning (1812-1889)- In a Gondola, Christmas Eve, Love among the Ruins
+Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)- The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Canterville Ghost
+Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass
+CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)- Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities
+Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)- Heart of Darkness, The Rescue, Gasper Ruiz
+Robert Louis Stevenson (1859-1894)- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, St. Ives
+Bram Stoker (1847-1912)- Dracula, The Lair of the White Worm, The Judge's House
+Robert Browning (1812-1889)- In a Gondola, Christmas Eve, Love among the Ruins
+Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)- The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Canterville Ghost
+Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass
+CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)- Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities
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