Times of Change in British Literature

British literature from 1785 through the WWI era was characterized by change, reform and progress. The Romantic Period was an era of "boundless revolutionary hope" and "radical individualism" according to our textbook. Individuals prided themselves in pushing the envelop of social norms and standards. Science, philosophy and psychology were prominent in the Victorian Age. People challenged tradition as well as social norms. And finally in the WWI Era people began to evaluate life on a realistic level.
Within these three time periods we saw the foundations being laid for some of the most influential and radical reforms tale place. The change in values and roles is reflected in the literature of those days. In the Romantic Period, Mary Wollstonecraft began to champion for women's rights and equality. …