ENG 206 - Victorian Literature (Ramsey)

Explore Your Topic

After thoroughly examining your assignment, now it's time to explore your topic.  Most of the topics for this assignment deal with placing the literature of the Victorian Era into the historical and social contexts of that time. View the topic page below in the Gale in Context: World History Database to learn more about the Victorian Era

• Victorian Era Topic Page (Gale in Context: World History)

Explore this topic page to read an overview on the Victorian Era and view different types of resources with information about that time period.

You can also start searching for information about the literature. This collection of eBooks is a good place to start researching the authors and works that you want to use.

Analyze Your Topic

This specific argument that you want to make about the literature and its context in the Victorian era will be your thesis. You will support this thesis by drawing examples and evidence from the literature, as well as scholarship about the literature and information about the social, political, religious or historic context of the Victorian era.