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Victorian: Verse written in the reign of victoria, from 1837 to 1903.

Victorian Period: The period of British literature in the late nineteenth century. The date of the period is often given as 1837-1901--the years Queen Victoria ruled the expanding British Empire. Alternativel . . . View Full Definition

Periodization: A method of organizing a strength training workout program into several periods, each lasting about four weeks. Each phase has a different emphasis.

Periods Of English Literature: The common historical eras scholars use to divide literature into comprehensible sections through periodization. Dividing literature into these sometimes arbitrary periods allows us to bette . . . View Full Definition

Theme: A prevailing idea in a work, but sometimes not explicitly stated, as in ogden nash's 'candy is dandy, / but liquor is quicker,' which is about neither candy nor liquor.

Oedipal Complex: The late Victorian and early twentieth-century psychologist Freud argued that male children, jealous of sharing their mother's attention with a father-figure, would come to possess a subcons . . . View Full Definition

Scatology: Not to be confused with eschatology, scatology refers to so-called 'potty-humor'--jokes or stories dealing with feces designed to elicit either laughter or disgust. Anthropologists have note . . . View Full Definition

Naturalism: A literary movement seeking to depict life as accurately as possible, without artificial distortions of emotion, idealism, and literary convention. The school of thought is a product of post . . . View Full Definition

Anachronism: Someone or something belonging to another time period than the one in which it is described as being.

Detective Camera: Popular victorian camera which was designed to appear as a bowler hat, pocket watch or binoculars.