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Neo-classical Age‚ -Mathew Prior -Alexander Pope -James Thomson -Edward Young -William Collins -Thomas Gray -Robert Burns -John Dryden -William Cowper -William Blake The Age of Neo-Classism in English literature:- In English literature the period from the latter half of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century is called the period
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By P Baburaj Senior Lecturer Dept. of English Sherubtse College‚ Bhutan MAC FLECKNOE - John Dryden In Restoration period‚ in 1660 was a nation divided against itself. The plague of 1665- 70‚000 people died in London alone. In September 1666- The Great fire of London.13‚ 000 houses destroyed. As mentioned England was in bad condition. The literature of the period was influenced by the writings of the classical poets such as Virgil‚ Horace‚ and Ovid. They tend to return Classical Period.
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The Jacobean Era‚ Cromwell‚ and the Restoration Elizabethan literature generally reflects the exuberant self-confidence of a nation expanding its powers‚ increasing its wealth‚ and thus keeping at bay its serious social and religious problems. Disillusion and pessimism followed‚ however‚ during the unstable reign of James I (1603–25). The 17th cent was to be a time of great upheaval—revolution and regicide‚ restoration of the monarchy‚ and‚ finally‚ the victory of Parliament‚ landed Protestantism
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who knew the best how to ridicule anybody without causing a wound. Through his mild satire he tries to correct the society. Thought his contemporaries like Pope‚ Dryden and Defoe were also satirist‚ but they were personal in their satire. For example: Pope’s Rape of the Lock and Dunciad; another instance of personal satire is Dryden’s Absalom and Acidophil. But like them Addison does not satirizes anything that is a serious defect of mankind. Addison was a great critic and a social reformer who brought
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(a) Waiting for Godot (b) A Doll’s House (c) The Cherry Orchard (d) The Death of a Salesman 6. John Evellyn and Samuel Pepys were the famous writers of - (a) Editorials (b) Letters (c) Essays (d) Diaries 7. The subtitle of Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel is - (a) There was no subtitle (b) A Poem (c) A Satire (d) A satire on the True Blue Protestant Poets 8. Who of the following is not a periodical essayist? (a) Richard Steele (b) Lancelot Andrews (c) Joseph Addison (d) Jonathan Swift
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AN OUTLINE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE PERIOD OLD ENGLISH HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The period of Anglo Saxon: The Age of Settlement (440-1066) Before the arrival of Anglo Saxon‚ Britain was under Roman Empire (55 BC – AD 440) MIDDLE ENGLISH ± 1150 - ± 1400 - The Duke of Normandy from France became the king in Britain and gave influences to British Kingdom. - The use of French – high class of society The use of English – common people ±1400 - ± 1550 - The period in literature to mark
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No. Books Authors 01 My experiments with Truth Mahatma M.K.Gandhi 02 Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 03 Geetanjali Rabindra Nath Tagore 04 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch Alexander Solzhenitsyn 05 The Merchant of venice William shakespeare 06 The Moon and Six pense Somerset Maughan 07 Pilgrim’s Progress from this world to that which is to come John Bunyan 08 A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens 09 Utopia Sir Thomas Moor 10 Origin of species charles Darwin
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in Ndotsheni and Johannesburg‚ South Africa‚ 1946. Cry‚ The Beloved Country is known to be parallel to second Samuel. Both Absalom and Stephen face fear and prejudice in Cry‚ The Beloved Country parallel to Absalom and David when facing injustice and grief in Second Samuel chapter thirteen through twenty-three. Fear‚ an emotion felt by anyone‚ including Stephen and Absalom throughout the book. He fears for the land‚ for his son‚ for Jarvis‚ for all he sees in the city. Everyday a new fear arises
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