Encyclopedia - Victorian Morality: Encyclopedia - Victorian Morality
Victorian morality is a distillation of the moral views of people living at the time of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837 - 1901) in particula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victorian Morality: Encyclopedia Ii - Victorian Morality - Victorian Morality
Victorian prudery sometimes went so far as to deem it improper to say "leg" in mixed company (the preferred euphemism if such must be men...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victorian Morality: Encyclopedia Ii - Victorian Morality - Historical Background
The term Victorian has acquired a range of connotations, including that of a particularly strict set of moral standards, which are often ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Doll's House: Encyclopedia Ii - A Doll's House - Plot
A Doll's House is a scathing criticism of the traditional roles of men and women in Victorian marriage. As Ibsen wrote in his initial not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde: Encyclopedia Ii - The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde - Analysis
This novel has become a central concept in Western culture of the inner conflict of humanity's sense of good and evil. It has also been n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Country Wife: Encyclopedia Ii - The Country Wife - Critical History
From its creation until the mid-20th century, The Country Wife was subject to both aesthetic praise and moral outrage. Many critics throu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mister Sinister: Encyclopedia Ii - Mister Sinister - Character History
Mister Sinister - Origin. Nathaniel Essex was a 19th-century scientist in Victorian England obsessed with Darwin’s theory of evolutio...   » Read the article