Edwardian literature

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Edwardian literature refers to the body of English writing produced during the reign of King Edward VII and the years surrounding it, marked by a transition from Victorian moralism to more modern, often critical explorations of empire, class, and social change.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English literature movement ⓘ
literary period ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1910 ⓘ
followedBy Georgian literature ⓘ
follows Victorian literature ⓘ
hasCharacteristic concern with working-class conditions ⓘ
early feminist themes ⓘ
experimentation with narrative form ⓘ
greater psychological depth ⓘ
increasing social criticism ⓘ
interest in everyday life ⓘ
mix of optimism and anxiety about modernity ⓘ
questioning of empire ⓘ
transition from Victorian moralism ⓘ
use of irony and satire ⓘ
hasGenre adventure fiction ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ
comic fiction ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ
drama ⓘ
fantasy fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
short story ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
war literature ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext height of the British Empire ⓘ
pre–World War I Britain ⓘ
reign of Edward VII ⓘ
rise of the Labour movement ⓘ
women's suffrage movement ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
influenced interwar British fiction ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
influencedBy Darwinism ⓘ
Victorian realism ⓘ
industrial capitalism ⓘ
late Romanticism ⓘ
scientific progress ⓘ
mainSubject British Empire ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social change ⓘ
social class ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
movement early modernism ⓘ
naturalism ⓘ
realism ⓘ
social problem novel ⓘ
namedAfter Edward VII ⓘ
partOf 20th-century British literature ⓘ
periodOf Arnold Bennett ⓘ
Beatrix Potter ⓘ
E. M. Forster ⓘ
Edith Nesbit ⓘ
linked to: E. Nesbit

G. K. Chesterton ⓘ
George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
H. G. Wells ⓘ
Harley Granville-Barker ⓘ
Henry James ⓘ
Hilaire Belloc ⓘ
J. M. Barrie ⓘ
J. M. Synge ⓘ
John Galsworthy ⓘ
Joseph Conrad ⓘ
Rudyard Kipling ⓘ
Saki ⓘ
W. Somerset Maugham ⓘ
startTime 1901 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rudyard Kipling → movement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Mole → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Portly → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
The River Bank → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Toad's Adventures → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Rat → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Victorian literature → influenced → Edwardian literature ⓘ
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Howards End (house) → literaryMovementContext → Edwardian literature ⓘ
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Where Angels Fear to Tread → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
The Longest Journey → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Dream Days → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
The Old Wives’ Tale → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Richard Pryce → movement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
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Just So Stories → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
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Clayhanger → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Riceyman Steps → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Buried Alive → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
How the Camel Got His Hump → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
The Cat That Walked by Himself → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Peter and Wendy → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Frances Hodgson Burnett → movement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
subject linked to: Hodgson Burnett
Sir Henry Newbolt → movement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Irene Heron → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
H. Rider Haggard → movement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Mary Lennox → literaryPeriod → Edwardian era literature ⓘ
linked to: Edwardian literature
Archibald Craven → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Dickon → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Simpkin the cat → literaryPeriodOfWork → Edwardian children’s literature ⓘ
linked to: Edwardian literature
Charles Wilcox → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Paul Wilcox → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Ann Veronica → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
The History of Mr. Polly → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
A Modern Utopia → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Elizabeth von Arnim → movement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Harry Feversham → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Anne of the Island → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
The Story Girl → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Marie Corelli → movement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Caroline Abbott → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Stephen Wonham → literaryPeriod → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Philip Herriton → appearsInLiteraryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
Mike and Psmith → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ
The Matador of the Five Towns → literaryMovement → Edwardian literature ⓘ