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Exploring Pleasures and Pains in Victorian Literature and Culture

"Victorian literature and culture were defined by a profound tension between sensory pleasure and moral or physical pain. From Jeremy Bentham’s utilitarian calculus to the hedonism of the Aesthetic movement, nineteenth-century writers and thinkers used these dualities to navigate the rapid social, industrial, and scientific shifts of the era. The Victorian period (1837–1901) was not merely an age of prudery or repressed emotions; it was a century obsessed with the measurement, regulation, and representation of sensation. This obsession manifested in diverse fields, ranging from the legal reforms of the early nineteenth century to the decadence..."

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