Nineteenth-century English literature

Nineteenth-century English literature encompasses a diverse range of works from the 1800s, reflecting profound social, cultural, and technological changes. It includes Romantic poets like Wordsworth and Shelley, emphasizing emotion and nature; Victorian novelists like Dickens and Brontë, exploring social issues and morality; and early modern writers like Tennyson and Browning, experimenting with form and language. This period saw a shift from classical themes to realism, exploring human struggles, industrialization, and identity, shaping modern literature's development through its rich variety of poetic, novelistic, and philosophical voices.