Which best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era ?
Correct answer: A. studied melancholy and aestheticism
- A. studied melancholy and aestheticism
- B. sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal
- C. raucous celebration mixed with selfcongratulatory sophistication
- D. paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent
Explanation
The 1890s are associated with aestheticism, decadence, and a mood of melancholy rather than the confident moral earnestness of earlier Victorian writing. The phrase 'studied melancholy and aestheticism' best captures this fin-de-siècle atmosphere.
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