Victorians
This large-scale shift in production meant that many rural people moved to cities.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Although often credited as a doctor, this literary character was actually an undergraduate when he began his experiments.
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
This global event looms large over Modernism.
What is WWI?
This princess broke Orlando's heart.
Who is Sasha?
Angela Carter retells this story in "The Bloody Chamber."
What is Bluebeard?
This Victorian poet wrote about a maid who had been "ruined."
Who is Thomas Hardy?
This experience, which could be positive or negative, was highly prized by the Romantics.
Among other things, this poet is quite bummed about losing his hair in one of his most famous poems, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
Who is T.S. Eliot?
Orlando becomes the ambassador and moves to this city.
What is Constantinople?
This poet promises to write a letter of complaint to the Black House.
Who is Benjamin Zephaniah?
She was disowned by her family for her marriage--and probably also for her abolitionist views.
Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
This bird caused a lot of problems for the Ancient Mariner.
What is an albatross?
Yeats memorializes this rebellion in one of the most famous poems of the twentieth century.
What is the Easter Rising?
This is Orlando's epic poem.
Who is James?
In "The Importance of Being Earnest," Jack Worthing was abandoned as a child in this conveyance.
What is a handbag?
These child laborers were immortalized in William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience.
Who are chimney sweepers?
Yeats' poem, "Leda and the Swan," depicts this Greek god up to no good.
Who is Zeus?
This poet and critic spends time with Orlando in several centuries.
Who is Nick Greene?
In Byatt's short story, this critter wants to make sure no one expects him to make any magical transformations, even if he kisses someone.
What is a toad?
The Wilde trials occur as a result of Oscar Wilde's relationship with this man.
Who is Lord Alfred Douglas?
What are daffodils?
T. S. Eliot might have ended up a British citizen, but he was born in this US city.
What is Saint Louis?
Orlando's are so nice a sailor nearly drowns when he sees them.
What are legs?
In Zadie Smith's short story, "Martha, Martha," Pam the realtor is deeply charmed by the sight of several men doing this.
What is building a snowman?