A brief history of English literature This study guide is intended for GCE Advanced and Advanced Supplementary (A2 and AS) level students in the UK‚ who are taking exams or modules in English literature. It should be most useful right at the start of the course‚ or later as a resource for exercises in revision‚ and to help you reflect on value judgements in literary criticism. It may also be suitable for university students and the general reader who is interested in the history of literature. This
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Robert Lee Frost (March 26‚ 1874 – January 29‚ 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.[1] His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century‚ using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of his generation‚ Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime‚ receiving four
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He was already busy making up his own languages‚ purely for fun. He went up to Exeter College‚ Oxford in 1911‚ where he stayed‚ immersing himself in the Classics‚ Old English‚ the Germanic languages (especially Gothic)‚ Welsh and Finnish‚ until 1913. As a result of this he changed his school from Classics to the more congenial English Language and Literature. Unlike so many of his contemporaries‚ Tolkien did not rush to join up immediately on the outbreak of war‚ but returned to Oxford‚ where
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To a larger extend‚ I do agree that The 1911 Revolution brought China to the chaotic situation with a set of brand new problems. In this essay‚ I will divide it into three arguments. They are Second Revolution in 1913‚ Yuan’s Dictatorship and Monarchical Attempt from 1913 to 1916 (The National Protection Movement was included) and Warlord Era. After the reunification between North and South‚ Democracy and peace didn’t come to China. Yuan was appointed as the Provisional President replaced
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experimentation‚ anti-realism‚ intellectualism and individualism‚ although excellent Modernist poets can be found that only partly fulfil these requirements. As well as Ezra Pound many poets and other writers came to light including T.S Elliot‚ Joyce‚ Yeats‚ and Lawrence. Two excellent examples of Modernist poets include D.H Lawrence‚ with poems such as Snake and A Woman and her Dead Husband‚ and T.S Elliot including poems like The Hollow Men‚ and The Hippopotamus. Taking Modernism ’s manipulation of
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Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English war poet who is best known for his collection of idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War and his boyish good looks‚ which prompted the Irish poet William Butler Yeats to describe him as “the handsomest young man in England”. Poets in Brooke’s time were vastly known to glorify war; however Brooke’s poetry with its patriotic mood and naive enthusiasm soon went out of fashion when the realities of war were fully understood. His poem Peace is highly
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German Expressionism There were two groups of German Expressionist movements. One was called Die Brucke (meaning "the bridge")‚ led by Kirchner. The other was called Der Blau Rieter ("the Blue Rider")‚ led by Kandinsky. Die Brucke ("The Bridge") Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938) |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | |Self Portrait as a Soldier 1915 |Woman and Mirror 1912
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and commemorative monuments. The term used by official histories of the war in Britain and Canada is First World War‚ while American histories generally use the term ‘World War’ I. The earliest known use of the term First World War appeared in September 1914 when German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel said‚ "there is no doubt that the course and character of the feared ’European War’" ... will become the first world war in the full sense of the word."The terms World War I and First World
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Battle of Bud Bagsak on June 15‚ 1913 Opposition to the war inspired Mark Twain to found the Anti-Imperialist League on June 15‚ 1898. The war and occupation by the United States would change the cultural landscape of the islands‚ as the people dealt with an estimated 34‚000–1‚000‚000 casualties‚ disestablishment of the Catholic Church as the state religion‚ and the introduction of the English language as the primary language of government and some businesses. In 1916‚ the United States granted the
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William McKinley I. William McKinley was born on January 29‚ 1843 in Niles‚ Ohio. He died on September 14‚ 1901 in Buffalo New York. McKinley was the third president to be assassinated. II. McKinley ran for the Presidency from Ohio. III. McKinley had a relatively easy and normal childhood. He was the seventh child of eight. His parents were loving people who instilled in McKinley the importance of hard-work‚ religion‚ and education. McKinley worked very hard in school as a youth and then attended
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