https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/ 2026-08-12T09:56:42+00:00 https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/ https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2021-12-09T23:41:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/inglese/aestheticism_and_decadence?rev=1639093283&do=diff Aestheticism & Decadence The Aesthetic Movement was born in universities and intellectual circles in the second half of 19th century. Starting in France with Gautier, it reflected the artist's gripes with materialism and the bourgeoisie's fixation with a strict moral code, along with an interest in renewing art. Consequently, French artists broke from the political and social scene to escape in the 'aesthetic' (bohémien) lifestyle of isolation: text/html 2021-12-09T08:48:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/inglese/charles_dickens_notes?rev=1639039680&do=diff Charles Dickens: Notes * Born in Portsmouth in 1812 * Unhappy childhood: he had to work in a factory at the age of 12 (his father went to prison for debts) * He became a newspaper reporter with the pen name Boz * In 1836 Sketches by ‘Boz’, articles about London people and scenes, were published in installments text/html 2021-12-09T23:26:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/inglese/late_victorian_novel?rev=1639092368&do=diff Late Victorian Novel The late Victorian Novel, whose primary incarnation was the realistic novel, reflected its social background: a moral and religious crisis, fomented by the demolition of preexisting standards and ideals, in part caused by the scientific discoveries and theories of the time, such as Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection. The evolutionist pattern in particular became central to the new organization of the novel: coincidences were a significant plot de… text/html 2021-05-07T06:42:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/inglese/literature_q2p02?rev=1620369753&do=diff Literature Q2P02 Testi A new sensibility pag 250 Early romantic poetry pag 252 The gothic novel pag 251 Romantic poetry pag 259 Romantic fiction pag 264 Thomas Grey: * elegy written in a country church yard Wordsworth: * The solitary reaper text/html 2022-02-15T21:09:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/inglese/modern_age?rev=1644959379&do=diff Modern Age The first half of the twentieth century, which sits well within the Late Modern Period, was a time of great political, social and change, spearheaded by the significant technological advances and the birth of new movements, especially in the UK, such as the Suffragettes and trade unions. The development of new weapons and the political unrest in Europe led to the outbreak of the two deadliest and vastest worldwide armed conflicts text/html 2022-02-15T18:31:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/inglese/start?rev=1644949918&do=diff Inglese 2020-2021 * Literature Q2P02 2021-2022 * The Victorian Age * Victorian Novel * Late Victorian Novel * Aestheticism & Decadence * Charles Dickens: Notes * Modern Age text/html 2022-06-03T20:34:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/inglese/victorian_age?rev=1654288459&do=diff The Victorian Age The Victorian Age (1837-1901) was a period of significant reform in Britain, following Queen Victoria's accession to the throne (1837). In this period, monarchy gained a new image of duty to its subjects. A strengthened National identity and a faith in progress, alongside a shift in morality, industrialization, expansion of the British Empire and the triumph of free trade defined this period. Also worthy of mention is the American Civil War which saw the Confederacy defeated b… text/html 2022-06-03T21:15:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://alexandria.infinitedesert.com/inglese/victorian_novel?rev=1654290953&do=diff Victorian Novel The great success of the Victorian Novel is owed to a renewed interest in prose, the highest expression of which is the novel. The Victorian Age saw---at last---a unity of interests and opinions between writers and their readers caused by the growth of the middle class, to which many authors belonged. These novels were an evolution from the preexisting standards of thematic unity set by Jame Austen and the distant, exotic settings of Gothic writers.